ἱμάς, ὁ,
gen. ἱμάντος (not ἱμᾶς, ἱμᾶντος Hdn.Gr. 2.939): dat. pl. ἱμάντεσσι: -
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1. leathern strap or thong, Il. 10.262, etc.; ἱμάντα βοός 3.375; βοέους ἱμάντας 22.397: mostly in pl., in various senses: traces, 10.475, 499,al. reins, 23.324, etc.; τμητοῖς ἱμᾶσι S. El. 747, cf. E. Hipp. 1222. straps on which the body of the chariot was hung, Il. 5.727. lash of a whip, formed by several thongs, 23.363. boxing-glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand, ib. 684, Pi. N. 6.35, Pl. Prt. 342c; ἱ. πυκτικοί Eup. 22 D.
2. in sg., the magic girdle of Aphrodite, Il. 14.214, 219. chin-strap of the helmet, 3.371. thong, by which the bolt was shot home into the socket, Od. 1.442, cf. 4.802, 21.46. after Hom., thong or latchet of a sandal, X. An. 4.5.14, Ephipp. 14.9, Men. 109.2, [Mar 1:7]. rail-rope, Aristag. 5. well-rope, Poll. 10.31, Moer. dog-leash, X. Cyn. 7.6: prov., ἦσθ’ ἱμὰς κύνειος you were tough as a dog- leash, Ar. V. 231; also σὺν τῷ κυνὶ καὶ τὸν ἱμάντα Phot. whip, scourge, ἔξω τις δότω ἱμάντα Antiph. 74.8, cf. Men. Sam. 106; ἡ διὰ τῶν ἱ. αἰκεία POxy. 1186.2 (iv A.D.), cf. [Act 22:25]; ἱμάντες παιδαγωγῶν Lib. 911.2. i cord, Gal. 10.1001, cf. 1.6161. give judgement or sentence against a person, condemn, opp. ἀποδικάζω: - Constr.: c. gen. pers. et acc. rei, κ. τινὸς θάνατον Hdt. 1.45; τὴν διπλασίαν (sc. ζημίαν) Lexap. D. 24.105; πολλὴν μοχθηρίαν J. Ap. 1.24; πολλὴν τὴν ἀπόγνωσιν Luc. Merc.Cond. 11: c. gen. pers. et inf., κ. σεαυτοῦ τὰ ἔσχατα παθεῖν X. Cyr. 3.1.9, cf. An. 6.6.15: c. gen. pers. only, Luc. DMort. 29.2: abs., Pl. Lg. 958c; τᾶν ψάφων ταὶ -δικάζουσαι SIG 953.83 (Calymna, ii B. C.): - Med., get sentence given against a person, δίκην καταδικάσασθαί τινος Th. 5.49, D. 21.176; κ. τινός, without acc., Lys. 23.14, D. 47.18; κ. τινὸς Χρημάτων get a person condemned [to a payment] of money, Paus. 6.3.7: abs., Pl. Lg. 857a, PHal. 1.65 (iii B. C.), etc.: - Pass., καταδικασθείς condemned, Pl. Lg. 958c; ὑπὸ ἐχθρῶν Phld. Ir. p.51 W.; ἐπὶ φόνῳ for murder, D.S. 4.76; ἐπὶ κακουργία Id. 3.12; later καταδικασθῆναι θανάτῳ to be condemned to death, Id. 13.101, etc.; θάνατον D.C. 68.1; τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ Artem. 4.60; φυγήν App. Ital. 3; εἰς ἀλαβαστρῶνα Sammelb. 4639.2 (iii A.D.); εἰς δοῦλον, εἰς νῆσον, Artem. 4.65, 5.21: c. inf., καταδικάζεται ἀποθανεῖν Luc. VH 1.29; of the sentence, ἀντέλεγον μὴ δικαίως σφῶν καταδεδικάσθαι that judgement had been given against them unjustly, Th. 5.49; later -δικασθείσης αὐτοῦ δίκης PHal. 1.44 (iii B.C.), cf. PLille 29.6 (iii B.C.); of fines imposed, τὰ -θέντα ἐκπραξέω IG 22.1126.5 (Amphict. Delph.). II Med., have judgement given in one’s favour, Isa 4.9, 10.24. III declare by express judgement, ὅτι.. X. An. 5.8.21. Pass., to be bound by a law, Men.Prot. p.39 D..
II diseased condition of the uvula, Id. 17(1).379.
III ἱμάντες, in Archit., planks laid on rafters, IG 12.372.82, 373.236, al., 22.1668.55, 1672.305; on στρωτῆρες (q.v.), ib.463.66. (Cf.Skt. sinâti ’bind’, Lat. saeta.) [ , usually; but also ῑ in , Il. 8.544, etc.: in derivs. and compds. always ῐ.]
G2438 — ἱμάς
ἱμαντος, ὁ (from ἵημι to send; namely, a vessel, which was tied to thongs of leather and let down into a well for the purpose of drawing water; hence, ἱμάω also, to draw something made fast to a thong or rope (recent etymol. connect it with Skt. si to bind; cf. Curtius, § 602; Vanicek, p. 1041)); from Homer down; a thong of leather, a strap; in the N. T. of the thongs with which captives or criminals were either bound or beaten (see προτείνω), [Act 22:25] (4 Macc. 9:11; Sir. 30:35); of the thongs or ties by which sandals were fastened to the feet, [Mar 1:7]; [Luk 3:16]; [Joh 1:27] (so also in [Isa 5:27]; Xenophon, anab. 4, 5, 14; Plutarch, symp. 4, 2, 3; Suidas ἱμάς. σφαιρωτήρ σανδαλιου, ζανιχιον, οἷον τό λωριον τοῦ ὑποδήματος).