ὀργυιά: Difference between revisions
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ἐφ' ἁρμαμαξῶν μαλθακῶς κατακείμενοι → reclining softly on litters, reclining luxuriously in covered carriages
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|strgr=from [[ὀρέγομαι]]; a [[stretch]] of the [[arms]], i.e. a [[fathom]]: [[fathom]]. | |strgr=from [[ὀρέγομαι]]; a [[stretch]] of the [[arms]], i.e. a [[fathom]]: [[fathom]]. | ||
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|txtha=ὀργυιάς, ἡ ([[ὀρέγω]] to [[stretch]] [[out]]), the [[distance]] [[across]] the [[breast]] [[front]] the [[tip]] of [[one]] [[middle]] [[finger]] to the [[tip]] of the [[other]] [[when]] the [[arms]] are outstretched; [[five]] or [[six]] feet, a [[fathom]]: [[Homer]], [[Herodotus]], [[Xenophon]], others.) | |||
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Revision as of 18:10, 28 August 2017
French (Bailly abrégé)
ᾶς (ἡ) :
c. ὄργυια.
English (Strong)
from ὀρέγομαι; a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom: fathom.
English (Thayer)
ὀργυιάς, ἡ (ὀρέγω to stretch out), the distance across the breast front the tip of one middle finger to the tip of the other when the arms are outstretched; five or six feet, a fathom: Homer, Herodotus, Xenophon, others.)
