Lewis & Short

scamma, ătis, n., = σκάμμα, a wrestling-place in the Palaestra.

  1. I. Lit. (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 fin.; Hier. Joann. Hieros. 16; id. Ep. 61, 5; Ambros. Off. 1, 16.
  2. * II. Trop., a wrestling, a contest, Tert. adv. Martyr. 3; cf. harena. II.