πῆχυς
Third declension Noun; Masculine
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πῆχυς
πήχεως
Structure:
πηχυ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- forearm, from the wrist to the elbow
- the centrepiece, which joined the two horns of an ancient bow
- (in the plural) the horns or sides of the lyre
- (in the balance) the beam
- (as a measure of length) cubit, the distance from the point of the elbow to that of the little finger
- (in the plural) the cubits, small children one cubit in height represented in pictures as playing round the Nile
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὅτι πλὴν Ὢγ βασιλεὺσ Βασὰν κατελείφθη ἀπὸ τῶν Ραφαί̈ν. ἰδοὺ ἡ κλίνη αὐτοῦ κλίνη σιδηρᾶ, ἰδοὺ αὕτη ἐν τῇ ἄκρᾳ τῶν υἱῶν Ἀμμάν, ἐννέα πήχεων τὸ μῆκοσ αὐτῆσ καὶ τεσσάρων πήχεων τὸ εὖροσ αὐτῆσ ἐν πήχει ἀνδρόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:10)
- καὶ ὁ οἶκοσ, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησεν ὁ βασιλεὺσ τῷ Κυρίῳ, τεσσαράκοντα ἐν πήχει μῆκοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ εἴκοσιν ἐν πήχει πλάτοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ πέντε καὶ εἴκοσιν ἐν πήχει τὸ ὕψοσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:6)
- καὶ τὸ αἰλὰμ κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ ναοῦ, εἴκοσιν ἐν πήχει μῆκοσ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὸ πλάτοσ τοῦ οἴκου καὶ δέκα ἐν πήχει τὸ πλάτοσ αὐτοῦ κατὰ πρόσωπον τοῦ οἴκου. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὸν οἶκον καὶ συνετέλεσεν αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:7)
Synonyms
-
the beam
-
cubit
- πυγών (the distance from the elbows to the first joint of the fingers, = 20)
