πηχισμός
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (LSJ)
ὁ, measuring by the cubit, Ostr.Bodl. i 90 (ii B.C.), PTeb.164.14 (ii B.C., pl.), Sm.,Al. l.c., Judeich Altertümer von Hierapolis No.262.