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.
- εἰσ ἔποποσ κραναὴν αὖλιν ἐφεζόμεναι, βαιὸν ἵνα κνώσσοιμεν ἴσωσ δέ τισ ἥξει ὄνειροσ, ὅσ με Ῥοδανθείοισ πήχεσιν ἀμφιβάλοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 237 2:1)
- τὴν φιλοπουλυγέλωτα κόρην ἐπὶ νυκτὸσ ὀνείρου εἶχον, ἐπισφίγξασ πήχεσιν ἡμετέροισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2431)
- κεἰ μὲν παννυχίῃσιν ὁμιλήσασα παλαίστραισ ταῦτα φέρεισ, ὄλβου παντὸσ ὑπερπέτεται ὅσ σε περιπλέγδην ἔχε πήχεσιν εἰ δέ σε τήκει· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 259 1:1)
- ἵδρυτο δὲ καὶ πρὸ τῆσ σκηνῆσ βωμὸσ χάλκεοσ ὑπόξυλοσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἑκάστην πλευρὰν πέντε πήχεσιν ἐκμεμετρημένοσ, τὸ δὲ ὕψοσ τρίπηχυσ, ὁμοίωσ τῷ χρυσῷ κεκοσμημένοσ, χαλκείαισ λεπίσιν ἐξησκημένοσ, δικτύῳ τὴν ἐσχάραν ἐμφερήσ· (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 3 186:1)
Synonyms
-
the beam
-
cubit
- πυγών (the distance from the elbows to the first joint of the fingers, = 20)
