ἀωΐλιον
From LSJ
τῷ οὖν τόξῳ ὄνομα βίος, ἔργον δὲ θάνατος → the bow is called life, but its work is death (Heraclitus)
English (LSJ)
τό, Egyptian measure of capacity, = 2
A cubic πήχεις, PPetr. 2p.14, al. (iii B. C.):—also αὐωΐλιον, ib.p.118.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Grafía: graf. αὐω- PPetr.3.45.2.7 (III a.C.)
cierta medida de capacidad equivalente a un cubo cuya arista es el doble del codo real griego PPetr.l.c., PHib.100.3, PPetr.2.4.11.4 (III a.C.), PCair.Zen.745.61 (III a.C.); cf. ἀωϊλιασταί.
