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|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.