semipedalis

From LSJ
Revision as of 09:06, 13 August 2017 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (6_15)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

τῶν δ᾽ ὀρθουμένων σῴζει τὰ πολλὰ σώμαθ᾽ ἡ πειθαρχία → But of those who make it through, following orders is what saves most of their lives (Sophocles, Antigone 675f.)

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sēmĭ-pĕdālis: e, adj.,
I a half-foot in size, half a foot long, broad, etc.: apertura, Vitr. 10, 19; Col. 11, 3, 21: spatium, id. 12, 52, 4: altitudo, Plin. 26, 8, 42, § 69: truncus, id. 13, 4, 8, § 37: pisciculus, id. 32, 1, 1, § 3; cf. the foll. art.