Πηχυαῖος
cubit-sized
Translated by David Whitehead20 Oct 2001Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
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Greek original · Adler’s text
Πηχυαῖος.
Betacode
*phxuai=os.
Notes
- For this adjective, in Herodotus and elsewhere, see LSJ s.v. A cubit measured just over 18 inches (approx. 0.46 metres). See also pi 1541 and pi 1543.
Adler reports the same lemma in the Ambrosian Lexicon; and the word is mentioned by Herodian the grammarian, De prosodia catholica 1.131.14, discussing the accentuation of adjectives ending in-aios .
Linked from2 entries
- π1541Πηχίσκουςmini-cubits[Meaning] timbers a cubit long. "Once they had drawn away the rope, in which, by the insertion of some mini-cubits, they accomplished a safe ascent [...]."
- π1543Πῆχυςcubit[ph=xus, genitive] ph/xews. The span from the elbow to the fingers of the hand. "The cubit has one and a half feet, and the foot has 16 dactyls".
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