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βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόνonce limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink

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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">space one can embrace between the thumb and little finger, span (EM</b><span class="bibl">647.34</span>), as a fixed measure, = <span class="bibl">3</span> <b class="b3">παλαισταί</b> (Hero <b class="b2">*Deff</b>.131), first in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.106</span>, Hp.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>38 (though the compd. <b class="b3">τρισπίθαμος</b> occurs in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>426</span>); also in Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.126d, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606a14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1302b38</span>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.47</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>669.32</span> (iii A.D.), etc. :metaph., σ. τοῦ βίου <span class="bibl">Diogenian.8.17</span>.</span>
|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">space one can embrace between the thumb and little finger, span (EM</b><span class="bibl">647.34</span>), as a fixed measure, = <span class="bibl">3</span> <b class="b3">παλαισταί</b> (Hero <b class="b2">*Deff</b>.131), first in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.106</span>, Hp.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>38 (though the compd. <b class="b3">τρισπίθαμος</b> occurs in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>426</span>); also in Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.126d, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606a14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1302b38</span>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.47</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>669.32</span> (iii A.D.), etc. :metaph., σ. τοῦ βίου <span class="bibl">Diogenian.8.17</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0921.png Seite 921]] ἡ, die Weite zwischen dem ausgespannten Daumen und dem kleinen Finger; Her. 2, 106; περὶ σπιθαμῆς καὶ πήχεως, Plat. Alc. I, 126 c; Sp.; Römisch dodrans.
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Transliteration A: spithamḗ Transliteration B: spithamē Transliteration C: spithami Beta Code: spiqamh/

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A space one can embrace between the thumb and little finger, span (EM647.34), as a fixed measure, = 3 παλαισταί (Hero *Deff.131), first in Hdt.2.106, Hp.Mochl.38 (though the compd. τρισπίθαμος occurs in Hes.Op.426); also in Pl.Alc.1.126d, Arist.HA606a14, Pol.1302b38, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.47, POxy.669.32 (iii A.D.), etc. :metaph., σ. τοῦ βίου Diogenian.8.17.

German (Pape)

[Seite 921] ἡ, die Weite zwischen dem ausgespannten Daumen und dem kleinen Finger; Her. 2, 106; περὶ σπιθαμῆς καὶ πήχεως, Plat. Alc. I, 126 c; Sp.; Römisch dodrans.