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πηχυαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πηχυαῖος πηχυαῖη πηχυαῖον

Structure: πηχυαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ph=xus

Sense

  1. a cubit long

Examples

  • ὡσ πηχυαίοισ τὸ μέγεθοσ, ὧν προστεθέντων κατὰ κορυφὴν ἅμα τοῖσ ἄλλοισ ὅπλοισ ὁ μὲν ἀνὴρ φαίνεται διπλάσιοσ ἑαυτοῦ κατὰ τὸ μέγεθοσ, ἡ δ’ ὄψισ καλὴ καὶ καταπληκτικὴ τοῖσ ἐναντίοισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 23 13:1)

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

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