Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑπτάπηχυς

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Principal Part: ἑπτάπηχυς

Sense

  1. seven cubits long

Examples

  • συμφορήσαντεσ δὲ τὰ χρήματα καὶ δεκάτην ἐξελόντεσ τῷ ἐν Δελφοῖσι θεῷ, ἀπ’ ἧσ ὁ τρίπουσ ὁ χρύσεοσ ἀνετέθη ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ τρικαρήνου ὄφιοσ τοῦ χαλκέου ἐπεστεὼσ ἄγχιστα τοῦ βωμοῦ, καὶ τῷ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ θεῷ ἐξελόντεσ, ἀπ’ ἧσ δεκάπηχυν χάλκεον Δία ἀνέθηκαν, καὶ τῷ ἐν Ἰσθμῷ θεῷ, ἀπ’ ἧσ ἑπτάπηχυσ χάλκεοσ Ποσειδέων ἐξεγένετο, ταῦτα ἐξελόντεσ τὰ λοιπὰ διαιρέοντο, καὶ ἔλαβον ἕκαστοι τῶν ἄξιοι ἦσαν, καὶ τὰσ παλλακὰσ τῶν Περσέων καὶ τὸν χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον καὶ ἄλλα χρήματα τε καὶ ὑποζύγια. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 9, chapter 81 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. seven cubits long

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

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