δ1439Δωδεκαδώρῳ
twelve hand's-breadths in length
[Meaning] being of twelve palms [in breadth]. For the palm [is] a hand's-breadth. In the Epigrams: "having drawn back the [bullock's] neck they sacrificed it to Cyllenius and with a long nail they fixed its horns,…
Δωδεκαδώρῳ· δώδεκα παλαιστῶν ὄντι. δῶρον γὰρ ἡ παλαιστή. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· Κυλληνίων αὐερύσαντες ἔρρεξαν καὶ οἱ δωδεκάδωρα κέρα ἄλλῳ μακροτένοντι ποτὶ πλατάνιστον ἐπάξαι.
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