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1 span
[spæn] 1. noun1) (the length between the supports of a bridge or arch: The first span of the bridge is one hundred metres long.) άνοιγμα2) (the full time for which anything lasts: Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.) διάρκεια,χρονικό διάστημα2. verb(to stretch across: A bridge spans the river.) συνδέω -
2 Span
v. trans.With a bridge: P. and V. ζευγνύναι, P. γεφυροῦν (Plat.).——————subs.As a measure: P. σπιθαμή, ἡ.Of time: P. and V. κύκλος, ὁ P. περίοδος, ἡ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Span
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