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ἑξαπάλαιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑξαπάλαιστος ἑξαπάλαιστον

Structure: ἑξαπαλαιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: palaisth/

Sense

  1. of six hands-breadth

Examples

  • οὕτω αἱ μὲν πυραμίδεσ εἰσὶ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιέων, αἱ δ’ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαι εἰσὶ στάδιον ἑξάπλεθρον, ἑξαπέδου τε τῆσ ὀργυιῆσ μετρεομένησ καὶ τετραπήχεοσ, τῶν ποδῶν μὲν τετραπαλαίστων ἐόντων, τοῦ δὲ πήχεοσ ἑξαπαλαίστου. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 149 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. of six hands-breadth

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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