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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">space one can embrace between the thumb and little finger, span (EM</b><span class="bibl">647.34</span>), as a fixed measure, = <span class="bibl">3</span> | |Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">space one can embrace between the thumb and little finger, span (EM</b><span class="bibl">647.34</span>), as a fixed measure, = <span class="bibl">3</span> [[παλαισταί]] (Hero <b class="b2">*Deff</b>.131), first in <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.106</span>, Hp.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>38 (though the compd. [[τρισπίθαμος]] occurs in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>426</span>); also in Pl.<span class="title">Alc.</span>1.126d, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606a14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pol.</span>1302b38</span>, <span class="bibl">Chrysipp.Stoic.2.47</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>669.32</span> (iii A.D.), etc. :metaph., σ. τοῦ βίου <span class="bibl">Diogenian.8.17</span>.</span> | ||
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">span, the range between the stretched thumbs and the little finger</b> (IA).<br />Compounds: As 2. member a. o. in <b class="b3">τρι-σπίθαμος</b> [[measuring three spans]] (Hes. Op. 426 a.o.; cf. den Boer Mnem. 4 : 9, 3).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σπιθαμ-ιαῖος</b> [[one span wide]] (Hp., Arist. a. o.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin](X)<br />Etymology: Has be compared with the group | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">span, the range between the stretched thumbs and the little finger</b> (IA).<br />Compounds: As 2. member a. o. in <b class="b3">τρι-σπίθαμος</b> [[measuring three spans]] (Hes. Op. 426 a.o.; cf. den Boer Mnem. 4 : 9, 3).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">σπιθαμ-ιαῖος</b> [[one span wide]] (Hp., Arist. a. o.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin](X)<br />Etymology: Has be compared with the group [[παλάμη]], [[δόχμη]], [[πυγμή]] (s. vv. w. lit.) a. o.; on the <b class="b3">θ-</b>suffix cf. also <b class="b3">σπιθίαι σανίδες</b> (planks) [[νεώς]] H. (here Frisk mentions Germ. Spant, I don't understand why). -- I see no reason to connect [[σπίδιος]] a. cognates. - It seems to me that this is a Pre-Greek word (suffix <b class="b3">-αμ-</b>), though I see no further indications for it. | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=σπῐθᾰμή, ἡ,<br />the [[space]] one can [[span]] with the [[thumb]] and [[little]] [[finger]], a [[span]], Lat. [[dodrans]], [[about]] 7 1/2 inches, Hdt., Plat. [deriv. uncertain] | |mdlsjtxt=σπῐθᾰμή, ἡ,<br />the [[space]] one can [[span]] with the [[thumb]] and [[little]] [[finger]], a [[span]], Lat. [[dodrans]], [[about]] 7 1/2 inches, Hdt., Plat. [deriv. uncertain] | ||
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