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.
- πεντεκαίδεκα πήχεισ ὑπεράνω ὑψώθη τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ ἐπεκάλυψε πάντα τὰ ὄρη τὰ ὑψηλά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:20)
- καὶ τὰ συγκυροῦντα τῶν πόλεων, ἃσ δώσετε τοῖσ Λευίταισ, ἀπὸ τείχουσ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ ἔξω δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ κύκλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:4)
- καὶ μετρήσεισ ἔξω τῆσ πόλεωσ τὸ κλίτοσ τὸ πρὸσ ἀνατολὰσ δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ καὶ τὸ κλίτοσ τὸ πρὸσ λίβα δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ καὶ τὸ κλίτοσ τὸ πρὸσ θάλασσαν δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ καὶ τὸ κλίτοσ τὸ πρὸσ βορρᾶν δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ, καὶ ἡ πόλισ μέσον τούτου ἔσται ὑμῖν καὶ τὰ ὅμορα τῶν πόλεων. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:5)
Synonyms
-
the beam
-
cubit
- πυγών (the distance from the elbows to the first joint of the fingers, = 20)
