ὄργυια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. ὄργυᾰ, ᾶς, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1672.9 ; Ion. ὄργυιᾰ, ῆς, ἡ (v. infr.): (ὀρέγω):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the length of the outstretched arms</b>, about 6 <b class="b2">feet</b> or I <b class="b2">fathom</b>, ἕστηκε ξύλον . . ὅσον τ' ὄργυι' ὑπὲρ αἴης <span class="bibl">Il.23.327</span> ; τοῦ μὲν ὅσον τ' ὄργυιαν ἐγὼν ἀπέκοψα <span class="bibl">Od.9.325</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.167</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.3.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> more precisely, αἱ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαί εἰσι στάδιον ἑξάπλεθρον, ἑξαπέδου τῆς ὀργυιῆς μετρεομένης καὶ τετραπήχεος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.149</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.41</span>,<span class="bibl">86</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHal.</span> 1.98</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>669.39</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">rod for measuring land</b>, = <span class="bibl">91</span>/<span class="bibl">4</span> <b class="b3">σπιθαμαὶ βασιλικαί</b>, Hero <b class="b2">*Geom</b>.4.11 :—poet. also ὀρόγυια (q.v.): in compds. <b class="b3">-ωρυγ-</b>, v. [[δεκ-ώρυγος]]. (Proparox. in nom. and acc. sg., Hom. ll.cc. ; oxyt. or perispom. in other cases, cf. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.613</span>, al. ; in Ion. the nom. and acc. sg. end in <b class="b3">-ᾰ, -ᾰν</b>, as in Att., Hom. ll.cc., the gen. and dat. sg. in <b class="b3">-ῆς, -ῇ</b> (acc. <b class="b3">ὀργυιήν</b> before consonant in <span class="bibl">Arat.69</span>,<span class="bibl">196</span>, is corrected to <b class="b3">ὄργυιαν</b> by Voss); <b class="b3">ὀργυιά, -άν</b> in late Gr., Hero l.c., etc.)</span>