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κείνους δὲ κλαίω ξυμφορᾷ κεχρημένους (Euripides' Medea 347) → I weep for those who have suffered disaster

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. πῆχυς, ὁ (Eur., Cyclops).

a cubit long: P. πηχυαῖος.

two cubits long: P. δίπηχυς.

three cubits long: P. and V. τρίπηχυς (Xenophon and Eur., Cyclops).