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1 πῆχυς
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `forearm, arm' (cf. βραχίων), also as measure = `cubit' and metaph. in diff. meanings (Il.).Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. δί-πηχυς `two cubits long' (IA.).Derivatives: 1. dimin. πηχίσκος m. (Anon. ap. Suid.); 2. adj. πηχυ-αῖος (IA., παχυ- Epich.), - ιος (Mimn., A. R.) `cubits long'; 3. verbs: πηχίζω `to measure by the cubit' (LXX) with πηχ-ισμός m. `measuring by the cubit' (LXX, pap.), - ισμα n. `cubit-measure' (Sm.); πηχύνω ( περι-πῆχυς) `to embrace' (hell. a. late epic).Etymology: Old inherited name of a member, in several languages retained: Skt. bāhú-, Av. bāzu- m. `lower arm, arm, foreleg of an animal', Germ., e.g. OWNo. bōgr, OHG buog m. `the upper part of the foreleg, Bug'; IE *bhāǵhu-; here, with unclear transformation of the stem, Toch. A poke, B obl. pokai `arm' (on the phonetics v. Windekens Orbis 11, 191 f. a. 12, 190). Also on Italic bottom the word was once alive, if with Pisani KZ 71, 44 Lat. trifāx, - ācis `a three ell long weapon' as Oscan LW [loanword] belongs here. -- A basic verb, IE *bhaǵh-, Benveniste BSL 52, 60 ff. wants to see on Iran. soil in Oss. i-væz- `stretch out' (Iran. *băz-); not very credible, cf. Mayrhofer s. bāhúḥ w. lit. (the short vowel makes a problem.Page in Frisk: 2,531Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > πῆχυς
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3 πῆχυς
πῆχυς, εως, ὁ (Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, En, TestSol, TestAbr; TestJud 3:7; GrBar, ApcEsdr, EpArist, Philo, Joseph., apolog.) gen. pl. πηχῶν (un-Att.: X., An. 4, 7, 16; Polyb., Diod S, Hero Alex., Plut.; SIG 1231, 14; pap [Mayser p. 267]; LXX [s. Thackeray p. 151, 21]; En 7:2; Jos., Bell. 6, 166, C. Ap. 2, 119; SibOr 5, 57.—Phryn. p. 245 Lob.; Schwyzer I 573; Dssm., B 152 [BS 153f]; B-D-F §48; Mlt-H. 140f) orig. ‘forearm’ then cubit or ell as a measure of length (Poll. 2, 158: ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ὠλεκράνου πρὸς τὸ τοῦ μέσου δακτύλου ἄκρον, τὸ διάστημα πῆχυς=a cubit is the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; about 45–52 cm.—KHermann, Lehrb. der griech. Antiquitäten IV3 1882, 438ff; FHultsch, APF 3, 1906, 438ff) Rv 21:17 (Lucian’s marvelous city [Ver. Hist. 2, 11] is measured not by the ordinary human cubit, but by the πῆχυς βασιλικός). ὡς ἀπὸ πηχῶν διακοσίων about ninety meters away (s. ἀπό 4) J 21:8. προσθεῖναι πῆχυν (cp. Epicharmus in Diog. L. 3, 11 μέτρον παχυαῖον ποτθέμειν): προσθεῖναι ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίαν αὐτοῦ π. (ἔνα) Mt 6:27; Lk 12:25 (Damasc., Vi. Isid. 166 of spiritual growth: αὔξεσθαι κατὰ πῆχυν; Epict. 3, 2, 10 γέγονέ σου τὸ ψυχάριον ἀντὶ δακτυλιαίου δίπηχυ=your little soul, as long as a finger, has become two cubits in length [because you were praised]). This expression has produced two major lines of interpr.: as ref. to length of life (s. ἡλικία 1a and cp. Mimnermus 2, 3 Diehl2 πήχυιον ἐπὶ χρόνον=‘for only a cubit of time’) add a single hour to your span of life NRSV; cp. Betz, SM p. 475f; as ref. to bodily growth add one cubit to your height / add a cubit to your stature NRSV mg. The former has been commended because the addition of a cubit in the sense of time appears to be a small matter, whereas a πῆχυς of bodily stature is monstrously large (Alcaeus, Fgm. 50 D.2 gives the measurement of an enormous giant as less than 5 cubits). But this objection fails to take account of freq. use of hyperbole in the dominical discourse. Moreover, the context of both pass. deals with food and clothing. Food provides the nourishment that sustains growth as well as life. Disciples do not grow to their present heights by worrying. The description ἐλάχιστον (Lk 12:26) appears to be an exquisite bit of irony climaxing the hyperbole.—B. 236f. DELG. M-M. -
4 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. -
5 μέτριος
I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, Hdt.2.32; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, Id.1.178; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, Diocl.Fr.140; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, Pl.Prt. 338b; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, Id.R. 460e.II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., X. Cyr.2.4.14.III mostly of Degree, moderate, ;μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου A.Supp. 1059
(lyr.);μ. χάρις E.IA 554
(lyr.);σῖτος -ώτατος X.Lac.1.3
; τὸ μ. the mean, S.OC 1212 (lyr.), cf. Pl.Lg. 719e, Plt. 284e;ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον Arist.Pol. 1295b4
;περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. X.Mem.3.13.5
;πέρα τοῦ μ. Thphr.CP6.1.4
;ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. Plu.2.656f
;τὰ μ. E.Med. 125
(anap.);εἴη γ' ἐμοὶ μέτρια Id. Ion 632
;τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι X.Mem.2.6.22
;μ. καὶ δίκαια Ar.Nu. 1137
; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, E.Hipp. 253 (anap.);μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων.. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον Id.Fr. 503
(anap.); μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, Th.1.6; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, Id.4.30;βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος Pl.R. 466b
; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, Id.Grg. 511e;μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι Arist.Pol. 1292b26
; οἱ μ. respectable people, D.18.10; later, poor,μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς POxy.120.7
(iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, Pl.Phd. 117b.2 tolerable,οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών S.Ph. 179
(lyr.);ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ' ἀμήχανον ἄλγος Id.El. 140
(lyr.);μ. ἄχθος E.Alc. 884
(anap.); ; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν ib. 688; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, Hdt.4.84;τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων Lys.9.4
; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decr. ap. D.18.165;ἐπὶ μετρίοις Th.4.22
; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, Pl.Tht. 181b; - ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, Arist.Pol. 1289b4, cf. Men.532.17 ([comp] Sup.).3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like , temperate, Ar.Pl. 245; -ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Th.6.89
;μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Pl.Lg. 816b
;σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ' ἡμέραν δίαιταν Aeschin.3.170
;ἐν τῷ σίτῳ X.Cyr.5.2.17
; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (sc. Ἀφροδίτης) (lyr.), cf. Fr. 967 (lyr.);εἰ δ' ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ' ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας Id.Hel. 1105
; also, moderate, fair, Thgn.615, Pl.R. 396c, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states,μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος D.21.185
; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν ib.134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους mild towards.., Th.1.77.B Adv. μετρίως moderately, within due limits,ἀπηγήσεσθαι Hdt.2.161
; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating,εἰπεῖν Th.2.35
; ;μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες Isoc.12.171
; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, Pl.Tht. 191d; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, Hdt.1.32;μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν Pl.Euthd. 305d
: [comp] Comp. μετριώτερον (infr. 3), also - ωτέρως Arist.HA 587a1: [comp] Sup. - ώτατα Th.6.88, etc.2 enough,μ. κεχόρευται Ar.Nu. 1511
(anap.);μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα Id.Ec. 969
; moderately, pretty well,ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ Pl.Lg. 936b
;σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. D.6.19
; μ. [λέγειν] Men.Pk. 262;ἀποδέξασθαι μ. Pl. Tht. 161b
.3 modestly, temperately, , cf. HF 709;ἀποκρίνασθαι X.An.2.3.20
;μ. βεβιωκώς Lys. 16.3
(but μ. διάγειν to be moderately off, X.Hier.1.8);πενθεῖν μ. Antiph.53.1
;φέρειν Plb.3.85.9
; on fair terms,μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι Th.4.19
, cf. 20: [comp] Comp. - ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν X.Cyr.4.3.7
.4μ. ἔχειν
to be in 'middling' health,PLips.
108.6 (ii/iii A. D.).II neut. μέτριον and μέτρια as Adv.,μέτριον ἔχειν Pl.Lg. 846c
(sed leg. μέτρον); μέτρια βασανισθείς Id.Sph. 237b
: also with Art.,τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι X.Cyr.2.4.26
;τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι Th.4.19
, cf. 8.84.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > μέτριος
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