πέλεθρον

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Oἱ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοι ἦσαν ἐν μεγάλῳ κινδύνῳ... (adaptation of Herodotus 6.105) → The Athenians were in great danger...

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Transliteration A: pélethron Transliteration B: pelethron Transliteration C: pelethron Beta Code: pe/leqron

English (LSJ)

τό,
A = πλέθρον, plethron, a measure of land, Il.21.407, Od.11.577, IG22.1126.17 (Delph.), 9(1).693 (Corc., from Cydonia).
II stadium, running-ground, οἰκοδομήσας π. ib.14.10 (Syrac.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 550] τό, = πλέθρον, Hufe oder Morgen Landes, Il. 21, 407 Od. 11, 577 u. einzeln bei sp. D.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
c. πλέθρον.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

πέλεθρον -ου, τό ep. voor πλέθρον.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

πέλεθρον: τό эп. = πλέθρον.

English (Autenrieth)

plethron, a measure of surface 100 ft. square, about 1/4 of an acre.

Greek Monolingual

τὸ, Α
βλ. πλέθρο.

Greek Monotonic

πέλεθρον: τό, αρχ. τύπος του πλέθρον, σε Όμηρ.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πέλεθρον: τό, ἐκτεταμένος τύπος τοῦ πλέθρον, μέτρον γῆς, μάλιστα παρ’ Ἐπικ., Ἰλ. Φ. 407, Ὀδ. Λ. 577˙ ὡσαύτως ἔν τινι Δελφ. ἐπιγραφ. (Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 1688. 17, πρβλ. 1840. 4)˙ πελέθρισμα, τό, = πλέθρισμα, Ἡσύχ.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: linear and superficial measure
See also: s. πλέθρον.

Middle Liddell

πέλεθρον, ου, τό, older form of πλέθρον, Hom.]

Frisk Etymology German

πέλεθρον: {pélethron}
Grammar: n.
Meaning: Längen- und Flächenmaß
See also: s. πλέθρον.
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Wikipedia EN

Plethron (Greek: πλέθρον, plural plethra) is an ancient unit of Greek measurement equal to 97-100 Greek feet (ποῦς, pous; ca. 30 meters), although the measures for plethra may have varied from polis to polis. This was roughly the width of a typical ancient Greek athletic running-track.

A plethron could also be used as a unit of measured area, and reference to the unit in defining the size of a wrestling area is made by Libanius. A square plethron of ca. 30 by 30 meters was used as the standard dimensions of a Greek wrestling square, since such competitions were held within the racing track in ancient Greece. In other connotations, it functioned as the Greek acre, and varied in size to accommodate the amount of land a team of oxen could plow in a day.

The plethron continued to be used in the Byzantine Empire, where its variant uses were ultimately codified to refer to an area defined by sides of 100 feet or 40 paces (βῆμα, bema). Ultimately, the unit came to be known as the "stremma", which continues as a metric unit in modern Greece.

Wikipedia DE

Das Plethron war ein altgriechisches Längenmaß und auch Maß für das gleichnamige Ackermaß.

Wikipedia FR

Plethron (πλέθρον) ou « plèthre » est une mesure utilisée dans l'Antiquité, égale à 100 pieds grecs (pous / ποῦς). Il faisait à peu près la largeur d'une piste d'athlétisme, il était également utilisé comme la largeur et la longueur standard d'un carré de lutte. Un plethron est donné par Libanios dans Oratio Chapitre 10 comme la taille de l'aire de combat dans la lutte. Bien que la mesure standard pour un plethron peut varier d'une polis à une autre, il correspondait normalement à la longueur d'environ 30 mètres. Le plethron continuait à être utilisé dans l'Empire byzantin et correspondait à 40 pas.

Wikipedia IT

Pletro (in greco antico: πλέθρον) era un'unità di misura usata nell'antica Grecia, uguale a 100 piedi greci (in greco antico: ποῦς, pous). Era la larghezza di una tipica pista di corsa e fu usata come misura del lato di un quadrato che costituiva la zona di combattimento delle competizioni di lotta greca.

Wikipedia RU

Плетр (плефр, греч. πλέθρον) — единица длины в Древней Греции и Византии. Древнегреческий плетр равнялся 100 греческим или 104 римским футам (ступням), что составляло 30,65 м. Византийский плетр был равен от 29,81 метра до 35,77 метра. Также, плетр был византийской единицей измерения площади, равной половине римского югера, что составляло 0,12619 гектаров (1261,9 м²). Соответствует старой стремме, равной 0,127 гектара (12,7 аров).