πῆχυς
πῆχυς ( Aeol.
πᾶχυς Alc. 33 ),
ὁ, gen.
A). 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 12.314.39 ,
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.327 P.:—
forearm, from wrist to elbow,
Hp. Fract. 2 ,
3 , al.,
Poll. 2.140 ; opp.
βραχίων,
Pl. Ti. 75a ,
X. Eq. 12.5 : in Poets, generally,
arm,
ἀμφὶ δ’ ἑὸν φίλον υίὸν 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 .
II). centrepiece, which joined the two horns of the bow,
τόν ῥ’ [ὀϊστὸν] ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρήν Od. 21.419 ;
ὁ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκε Il. 11.375 ,
13.583 .
2). also, =
ζυγόν ,
crosspiece or
bridge in which the horns were fitted,
Artemo Hist.
12 .
IV). in the balance, beam, IG 22.1013.32 , Theol.Ar. 29 .
V). as a measure of length,
distance from the point of the elbow to that of the middle finger, =
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.
2). cubit-rule, as we say 'foot-rule',
Ar. Ra. 799 ,
Gal. 1.47 ;
π. ἀκαμπής AP 6.204 (
Leon.); as epith. of Nemesis,
APl. 4.223 ,
224 .
3). metaph. of any small amount (cf.
πήχυιος),
Ev.Matt. 6.27 ;
κατὰ πῆχυν little by
little,
Marin. Procl. 26 .
VI). πήχεις,, the
cubits (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'.)
ShortDef
the fore-arm
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
πῆχυς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
πηχυς
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πῆχυς</span> ( Aeol. <span class="orth greek">πᾶχυς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 33 </a>), <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, gen. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πήχεος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fract.</span> 2 </a> , al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.178 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1.126d </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg027:813a:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg027:813a.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mir.</span> 813a10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:25:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:25.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 25.9 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:44:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:44:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 10.44.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:73:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:73.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 73.42 </a>, <span class="quote greek">πήχεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:606a:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:606a.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 606a14 </a> (v.l.-<span class="itype greek">εος</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 484.10 </span> (iii B.C.), <span class="foreign greek">πήχως</span> (condemned by <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phryn.</span> 222 </span>) corrected to <span class="quote greek">πήχεος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 665.1 </span> (iii B. C.): gen. pl. <span class="quote greek">πήχεων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.314.39 </span> , <span class="bibl"> 22.1673.15 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 353.10 </span> (iii B. C.); later contr. <span class="quote greek">πηχῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:7:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:7:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.7.16 </a> codd., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1302b:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1302b.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1302b37 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 54.4 </span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PStrassb.</span> 85.20 </span> (ii B. C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg472:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1595.tlg472:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phld.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sign.</span> 2 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phryn.</span> 222 </span>, Moer.<span class="bibl"> p.327 </span> P.:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forearm</span>, from wrist to elbow, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fract.</span> 2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg009.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.140 </a> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">βραχίων</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:75a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:75a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 75a </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:12:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg013.perseus-grc1:12.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 12.5 </a>: in Poets, generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">arm</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀμφὶ δ’ ἑὸν φίλον υίὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:314" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.314/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.314 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 17.38 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:240" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.240/canonical-url/"> 23.240 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">λευκὸν ἀντείνασα π</span>. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 13.4 </span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1466" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1466/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1466 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">λαιὸν ἔπαιρε π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:728" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg004.perseus-grc1:728/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Heracl.</span> 728 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> Anat., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ulna</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Onom.</span> 80 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg017:2:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg017:2.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">UP</span> 2.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg002:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg002:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fract.</span> 20 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">centrepiece, which joined the two horns of the bow</span>, <span class="quote greek">τόν ῥ’ [ὀϊστὸν] ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:419" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.419/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.419 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:375" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.375/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.375 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:583" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.583/canonical-url/"> 13.583 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">horns of the lyre</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ζυγόν</span> (the bridge), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.192 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πήχεις ἐναρμόσας καὶ ζυγώσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068:7:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068:7.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DDeor.</span> 7.4 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> also, = <span class="ref greek">ζυγόν</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crosspiece</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bridge</span> in which the horns were fitted, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Artemo</span> </span> Hist.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0136.tlg001:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0136.tlg001:12/canonical-url/"> 12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> in the balance, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">beam,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 22.1013.32 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Theol.Ar.</span> 29 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> as a measure of length, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">distance from the point of the elbow to that of the middle finger</span>, = <span class="bibl"> 6 </span> <span class="foreign greek">παλασταί</span> = <span class="bibl"> 24 </span> <span class="foreign greek">δάκτυλοι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.158 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">π. μέτριος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.178 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἰδιωτικός, κοινός</span>, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg016:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg016:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cat.</span> 16 </a> ; but <span class="foreign greek">π. βασιλήϊος</span>, = <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg016:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg016:27/canonical-url/"> 27 </a> <span class="foreign greek">δάκτυλοι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.178 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:117" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.117/canonical-url/"> 7.117 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὁ Αἰγύπτιος π. τυγχάνει ἴσος ἐὼν τῷ Σαμίῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:168" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.168/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.168 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> </span> l. c.; for later measurements, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hero</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Deff.</span> 131 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Geom.</span> 4.2 </span>,al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cubit-rule</span>, as we say \'foot-rule\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:799" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:799/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 799 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 1.47 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">π. ἀκαμπής</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.204 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>); as epith. of Nemesis, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APl.</span> 4.223 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 224 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph. of any small amount (cf. <span class="foreign greek">πήχυιος</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Matt.</span> 6.27 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ πῆχυν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">little</span> by <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">little</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Marin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Procl.</span> 26 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">πήχεις,</span>, the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cubits</span> (of inundation), represented in pictures as children one cubit high playing round the Nile, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg037:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.Pr.</span> 6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1600.tlg001:1.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Im.</span> 1.5 </a>. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bāhú</span>-, Avest. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bāzu</span>- (masc.) \'arm\', ONorse <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bógr</span> \'shoulder\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}