πῆχυς
πῆχυς ( Aeol. πᾶχυς Alc. 33), ὁ, gen. πήχεος Hp. Fract. 2, al., Hdt. 1.178, Pl. Alc. 1.126d, Arist. Mir. 813a10, LXX Ex. 25.9, al., Plb. 10.44.2, Ph. Bel. 73.42, πήχεως Arist. HA 606a14 ( v.l. - εος), PCair.Zen. 484.10 (iii B.C.), πήχως (condemned by Phryn. 222) corrected to πήχεος PCair.Zen. 665.1 (iii B. C.) : gen. pl. πήχεων IG 1(2).314.39, 22.1673.15, PCair.Zen. 353.10 (iii B. C.); later contr. πηχῶν X. An. 4.7.16 codd., Arist. Pol. 1302b37, PCair.Zen. 54.4 (iii B. C.), PStrassb. 85.20 (ii B. C.), Phld. Sign. 2, Phryn. 222, Moer. p.327P.:—
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"definition": "<i>forearm,</i> from wrist to elbow, Hp. Fract. 2, 3, al., Poll. 2.140 ; opp. βραχίων, Pl. Ti. 75a, X. Eq. 12.5: in Poets, generally, <i>arm,</i> ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ Il. 5.314, cf. Od. 17.38, 23.240 ; λευκὸν ἀντείνασα π. B. Fr. 13.4, cf. E. Or. 1466 (lyr.) ; λαιὸν ἔπαιρε π. Id. Heracl. 728.",
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"definition": "<i>ulna,</i> Ruf. Onom. 80, Gal. UP 2.2, Sor. Fract. 20.",
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"definition": "<i>centrepiece, which joined the two horns of the bow,</i> τόν ῥʼ [ὀϊστὸν] ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρήν Od. 21.419 ; ὁ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκε Il. 11.375, 13.583.",
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"definition": "<i>beam,</i> IG 2(2).1013.32, Theol.Ar. 29.",
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"definition": "<i>distance from the point of the elbow to that of the middle finger,</i> = 6 παλασταί = 24 δάκτυλοι, Poll. 2.158 ; π. μέτριος Hdt. 1.178 ; π. ἰδιωτικός, κοινός, Sch. Luc. Cat. 16 ; but π. βασιλήϊος, = 27 δάκτυλοι, Hdt. 1.178, 7.117 ; ὁ Αἰγύπτιος π. τυγχάνει ἴσος ἐὼν τῷ Σαμίῳ Id. 2.168, cf. Luc. l.c. ; for later measurements, Hero Deff. 131, Geom. 4.2, al.",
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"definition": "πήχυιος), Ev.Matt. 6.27 ; κατὰ πῆχυν <i>little</i> by <i>little,</i> Marin. Procl. 26.",
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"definition": "πήχεις, οἱ, the <i>cubits</i> (of inundation), represented in pictures as children one cubit high playing round the Nile, Luc. Rh.Pr. 6, Philostr. Im. 1.5. (Cf. Skt. bāhú-, Avest. bāzu- (masc.) ‘arm’, ONorse bógr ‘shoulder’.)",
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