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πῆχυς

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πῆχυς πήχεως

Structure: πηχυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. forearm, from the wrist to the elbow
  2. the centrepiece, which joined the two horns of an ancient bow
  3. (in the plural) the horns or sides of the lyre
  4. (in the balance) the beam
  5. (as a measure of length) cubit, the distance from the point of the elbow to that of the little finger
  6. (in the plural) the cubits, small children one cubit in height represented in pictures as playing round the Nile

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πῆχυς πήχει πήχεις
Genitive πήχεως πήχοιν πήχεων
Dative πήχει πήχοιν πήχεσιν*
Accusative πῆχυν πήχει πήχεις
Vocative πῆχυ πήχει πήχεις

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.

Examples

  • Καὶ ποιήσεισ κιβωτὸν μαρτυρίου ἐκ ξύλων ἀσήπτων, δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ πλάτοσ καὶ πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ ὕψοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:9)
  • καὶ ποιήσεισ ἱλαστήριον ἐπίθεμα χρυσίου καθαροῦ, δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ μῆκοσ καί πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ πλάτοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:16)
  • Καὶ ποιήσεισ τράπεζαν χρυσῆν χρυσίου καθαροῦ, δύο πήχεων τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ πήχεωσ τὸ εὖροσ καὶ πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ ὕψοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 25:22)

Synonyms

  1. the beam

  2. cubit

    • πυγών (the distance from the elbows to the first joint of the fingers, = 20)

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