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|Definition=(Aeol. [[πᾶχυς]] Alc.33), ὁ, gen.<br><span class="bld">A</span> πήχεος Hp.Fract.2, al., Hdt. 1.178, Pl.Alc.1.126d, Arist.Mir.813a10, LXXEx.25.9, al., Plb.10.44.2, Ph.Bel.73.42, πήχεως Arist.HA606a14 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] -εος), PCair.Zen.484.10 (iii B.C.), πήχως (condemned by Phryn.222) corrected to πήχεος PCair.Zen.665.1 (iii B. C.): gen. pl. πήχεων IG12.314.39, 22.1673.15, PCair.Zen.353.10 (iii B. C.); later contr. πηχῶν X.An.4.7.16 codd., Arist.Pol.1302b37, PCair.Zen.54.4 (iii B. C.), PStrassb.85.20 (ii B. C.), Phld.Sign.2, Phryn.222, Moer.p.327 P.:—[[forearm]], from [[wrist]] to [[elbow]], Hp.Fract.2, 3, al., Poll.2.140; opp. [[βραχίων]], Pl.Ti.75a, X. Eq.12.5: in Poets, generally, [[arm]], ἀμφὶ δ' ἑὸν φίλον υίὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ Il.5.314, cf. Od.17.38, 23.240; λευκὸν ἀντείνασα πῆχυν B.Fr.13.4, cf. E.Or.1466 (lyr.); λαιὸν ἔπαιρε πῆχυν Id.Heracl.728.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Anat., [[ulna]], Ruf.Onom.80, Gal.UP2.2, Sor.Fract.20.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[centrepiece]], which [[join]]ed the two [[horn]]s of the [[bow]], τόν ῥ' [ὀϊστὸν] ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρήν Od.21.419; ὁ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκε Il.11.375, 13.583.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in plural, [[πήχεις]] = [[horn]]s of the [[lyre]], opp. [[ζυγόν]] (the [[bridge]]), Hdt.4.192; πήχεις ἐναρμόσας καὶ ζυγώσας Luc.DDeor.7.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> also, = [[ζυγόν]], [[crosspiece]] or [[bridge]] in which the horns were fitted, Artemo Hist.12.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in the [[balance]], [[beam]], IG22.1013.32, Theol.Ar. 29.<br><span class="bld">V</span> as a [[measure]] of [[length]], [[distance]] from the [[point]] of the [[elbow]] to that of the [[middle]] [[finger]] = 6 [[παλαστή|παλασταί]] = 24 [[δάκτυλος|δάκτυλοι]], Poll.2.158; πῆχυς [[μέτριος]] Hdt.1.178; πῆχυς [[ἰδιωτικός]], πῆχυς [[κοινός]], Sch.Luc.Cat.16; but πῆχυς [[βασιλήϊος]] = 27 [[δάκτυλος|δάκτυλοι]], Hdt.1.178, 7.117; ὁ [[Αἰγύπτιος]] πῆχυς τυγχάνει ἴσος ἐὼν τῷ Σαμίῳ Id.2.168, cf. Luc. l. c.; for later measurements, Hero Deff.131, Geom.4.2,al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[cubit]]-[[rule]], as we say '[[foot]]-[[rule]]', Ar. Ra.799, Gal.1.47; πῆχυς [[ἀκαμπής]] AP6.204 (Leon.); as [[epithet]] of [[Nemesis]], APl.4.223, 224.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph. of any [[small]] [[amount]] (cf. [[πήχυιος]]), Ev.Matt.6.27; [[κατὰ πῆχυν]] = [[little]] by [[little]], Marin.Procl.26.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[πήχεις]], οἱ, the [[cubit]]s (of [[inundation]]), represented in [[picture]]s as [[children]] one [[cubit]] high [[play]]ing round the [[Nile]], Luc.Rh.Pr.6, Philostr. Im.1.5. (Cf. Skt. bāhú-, Avest. bāzu- (masc.) '[[arm]]', ONorse bógr '[[shoulder]]'.)

|btext=εως (ὁ) :<br /><b>I.</b> coude, <i>p. ext.</i> bras ; <i>fig.</i> coudée, aune, <i>mesure de longueur valant 2 σπιθαμαί ou 6 παλασταί ou 24 δάκτυλοι</i>;<br /><b>II.</b> <i>p. anal.</i><br /><b>1</b> courbure du milieu de l'arc;<br /><b>2</b> οἱ πήχεις les extrémités recourbées d'une lyre, rejointes par une barre transversale;<br /><b>3</b> οἱ πήχεις les figurines de petits hommes grands comme le coude, <i>càd</i> les Pygmées représentés sur les tableaux du dieu Nil comme folâtrant autour de lui.<br /><i><b>Étym.</b> skr.</i> bahus, coude.

|elrutext='''πῆχυς:''' εως, ион. εος ὁ (gen. pl. πήχεων, πηχέων и πηχῶν)<br /><b class="num">1)</b> [[предплечье]] (τὰ τῶν βραχιόνων [[ὀστᾶ]] καὶ τὰ τῶν πήχεων Plat.);<br /><b class="num">2)</b> [[рука]] Hom. etc.: ἀμφὶ δὲ παιδὶ [[βάλε]] πήχεε Hom. (Пенелопа) обвила сына обеими руками;<br /><b class="num">3)</b> [[изгиб в середине лука]] (служивший рукоятью при стрельбе) (τόξου π. Hom.);<br /><b class="num">4)</b> [[рог лиры]] Her., Luc.;<br /><b class="num">5)</b> [[пехий]], [[локоть]] (мера длины; π. [[μέτριος]] содержал 24 δάκτυλοι, т. е. ок. 46 см, π. [[βασιλήϊος]] - 27 δάκτυλοι) Her., Xen., Plat.;<br /><b class="num">6)</b> [[складная измерительная линейка]] Arph.;<br /><b class="num">7)</b> [[угольник]] Anth.;<br /><b class="num">8)</b> pl. οἱ πήχεις карлики (человечки, которые изображалась резвящимися вокруг гигантской фигуры бога Нила) Luc.

|txtha=genitive πηχεως ([[not]] [[found]] in the N. T.), genitive plural πηχῶν [[contracted]] from Ionic πήχεων (πήχεων, [[which]] is [[common]] in the Sept. (cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 245f; (WH s Appendix, p. 157); Winer's Grammar, § 9,2e.), ὁ, the [[forearm]] i. e. [[that]] [[part]] of the [[arm]] [[between]] the [[hand]] and the [[elbow]]-[[joint]] ([[Homer]], [[Odyssey]] 17,38; Iliad 21,166, etc.); [[hence]], a [[cubit]] ([[ell]], Latin ulna), a [[measure]] of [[length]] [[equal]] to the [[distance]] from the [[joint]] of the [[elbow]] to the [[tip]] of the [[middle]] [[finger]] (i. e. [[about]] [[one]] [[foot]] and a [[half]], [[but]] its [[precise]] [[length]] [[varied]] and is [[disputed]]; [[see]] B. D., [[under]] the [[phrase]], Weights and Measures, II:1): [[ἡλικία]], 1a.); Sept. [[very]] [[often]] for אַמָּה.)

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> the [[fore]]-arm, from the [[wrist]] to the [[elbow]], Lat. [[ulna]], Xen., etc.:— [[generally]], the arm, ἀμφὶ υἱὸν [[ἐχεύατο]] πήχεε λευκώ Il., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the centrepiece, [[which]] joined the two horns of the bow, Hom.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in plural, the horns or sides of the [[lyre]], opp. to [[ζυγόν]] the [[bridge]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> as a [[measure]] of [[length]], the [[distance]] from the [[point]] of the [[elbow]] to the end of the [[little]] [[finger]], Lat. [[cubitus]] or [[ulna]], a [[cubit]] or ell, containing 24 δάκτυλοι or 18 1/4 inches, Hdt.: the π. βασιλήιος was [[longer]] by [[three]] δάκτυλοι, = 27 δάκτυλοι or 20 ½ inches, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[cubit]]-[[rule]], as we say "a [[foot]]-[[rule]], " Ar.