ὄργυια

English (LSJ)

Att. ὄργυᾰ, ᾶς, IG22.1672.9 ; Ion. ὄργυιᾰ, ῆς, ἡ (v. infr.): (ὀρέγω):—

   A the length of the outstretched arms, about 6 feet or I fathom, ἕστηκε ξύλον . . ὅσον τ' ὄργυι' ὑπὲρ αἴης Il.23.327 ; τοῦ μὲν ὅσον τ' ὄργυιαν ἐγὼν ἀπέκοψα Od.9.325, cf. 10.167, X.Mem.2.3.19.    2 more precisely, αἱ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαί εἰσι στάδιον ἑξάπλεθρον, ἑξαπέδου τῆς ὀργυιῆς μετρεομένης καὶ τετραπήχεος Hdt.2.149, cf. 4.41,86, PHal. 1.98 (iii B. C.), POxy.669.39 (iii A. D.).    3 rod for measuring land, = 91/4 σπιθαμαὶ βασιλικαί, Hero *Geom.4.11 :—poet. also ὀρόγυια (q.v.): in compds. -ωρυγ-, v. δεκ-ώρυγος. (Proparox. in nom. and acc. sg., Hom. ll.cc. ; oxyt. or perispom. in other cases, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.613, al. ; in Ion. the nom. and acc. sg. end in -ᾰ, -ᾰν, as in Att., Hom. ll.cc., the gen. and dat. sg. in -ῆς, -ῇ (acc. ὀργυιήν before consonant in Arat.69,196, is corrected to ὄργυιαν by Voss); ὀργυιά, -άν in late Gr., Hero l.c., etc.)