Δοχμή
a hand's breadth
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Mar 2005Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] span.1
Aristophanes [writes]: "before wearing [it] a day it was more than two hands' breadth [wide]."2
Aristophanes [writes]: "before wearing [it] a day it was more than two hands' breadth [wide]."2