πήχυιος
From LSJ
τὸν ἰητρὸν δοκέει μοι ἄριστον εἶναι πρόνοιαν ἐπιτηδεύειν → it appears to me a most excellent thing for the physician to cultivate prognosis
English (LSJ)
α, ον,
A = πηχυαῖος, βόθρος A.R.3.1207 ; π. χρόνος 'but a span', Mimn.2.3 ; ἐρετμὰ πήχυιον προὔχοντα projecting for the space of a cubit, A.R.1.379 (wrongly expld. as = τροπωτήρ by EM671.8).
German (Pape)
[Seite 612] auch πήχυος, = Vorigem; πήχυιος χρόνος, von einer kurzen Zeit, »eine Spanne Zeit« sagen wir, Mimn. frg. 2; nicht πηχύϊος, s. Lob. Phryn. p. 494.
