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  "headword": "σπιθαμή",
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          "definition": "<i>space one can embrace between the thumb and little finger, span</i> ( EM 647.34), as a fixed measure, = 3 παλαισταί ( Hero *Deff. 131), first in Hdt. 2.106, Hp. Mochl. 38 (though the compd. τρισπίθαμος occurs in Hes. Op. 426); also in Pl. Alc. 1.126d, Arist. HA 606a14, Pol. 1302b38, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.47, POxy. 669.32 (iii A.D.), etc. :metaph., σ. τοῦ βίου Diogenian. 8.17.",
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