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1 πῆχυς
Aπήχεος Hp.Fract.2
, al., Hdt. 1.178, Pl.Alc.1.126d, Arist.Mir. 813a10, LXXEx.25.9, al., Plb.10.44.2, Ph.Bel.73.42, (v.l. - εος), PCair.Zen.484.10 (iii B.C.), πήχως (condemned by Phryn.222) corrected toπήχεος PCair.Zen.665.1
(iii B. C.) : gen. pl.πήχεων IG12.314.39
, 22.1673.15, PCair.Zen.353.10 (iii B. C.); later [var] 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, , cf. Od.17.38, 23.240 ; λευκὸν ἀντείνασα π. B.Fr.13.4, cf. E.Or. 1466 (lyr.) ; λαιὸν ἔπαιρε π. Id.Heracl. 728.2 Anat., ulna, Ruf.Onom.80, Gal.UP2.2, Sor.Fract.20.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.III in pl., horns of the lyre, opp. ζυγόν (the bridge), Hdt.4.192 ;πήχεις ἐναρμόσας καὶ ζυγώσας Luc.DDeor.7.4
.2 also, = ζυγόν, crosspiece or bridge in which the horns were fitted, Artemo Hist.12.IV in the balance, beam, IG22.1013.32, 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 AP6.204
(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.
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