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Headword:
Pêchus
Adler number: pi,1543
Translated headword: cubit
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [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".[1]
Greek Original:Pêchus, pêcheôs. to apo tou ankônos mechri tôn daktulôn tês cheiros ektama. hoti ho pêchus echei podas hena hêmisu, ho de pous echei daktulous i#2#.
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; mathematics; medicine; science and technology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 20 October 2001@10:34:31.
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