ὀκτάπηχυς
From LSJ
τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
English (LSJ)
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A eight cubits long, δοκός Inscr.Délos 290.174 (iii B. C.), Callix.2, cf. LXX 3 Ki.7.47(10), Plb.5.89.6, Str.3.5.5.
