hāmātus, a, um, adj. [hamus], furnished with a hook, hooked.
I Lit.: ungues, Ov. M. 12, 563: harundo, id. ib. 5, 384: sentes, id. ib. 2, 799.—
B Transf., shaped like a hook , hooked , crooked : hamatis uncinatisque corporibus concreta haec esse dicat, * Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 38, 121: ensis, i. q. harpe, Ov. M. 5, 80 (cf.: ferrum curvo tenus abdidit hamo, id. ib. 4, 720).—
II Trop.: hos ego viscatis hamatisque muneribus non sua promere puto, sed aliena corripere, i. e. catching , alluring , Plin. Ep. 9, 30, 2 (cf. with hamus, id. Pan. 43 fin. ; Mart. 6, 63, 5; v. hamus, I. B. 1. b.).