ὀργυιά
From LSJ
ἀεὶ δ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν → always try to please your masters, always be obsequious to the masters
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.)
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ὀργυιά: ион. ὀργυιή, эп. ὄργυιᾰ ἡ ὀρέγω (pl. только ὀργυιαί) оргия
1) ширина размаха рук Hom., Xen.;
2) мера длины = 0.01 стадия, т. е. 1.85 м Her., NT: μυρίας κατὰ τῆς γῆς ὀργυιὰς γενέσθαι Xen. провалиться (от стыда) сквозь землю.
