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.
- ἐπισυνάγων ποιήσεισ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ εἰσ πῆχυν συντελέσεισ αὐτὴν ἄνωθεν. τὴν δὲ θύραν τῆσ κιβωτοῦ ποιήσεισ ἐκ πλαγίων. κατάγαια διώροφα καὶ τριώροφα ποιήσεισ αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:16)
- πῆχυν ἐκ τούτου, καὶ πῆχυν ἐκ τούτου, ἐκ τοῦ ὑπερέχοντοσ τῶν δέρρεων, ἐκ τοῦ μήκουσ τῶν δέρρεων τῆσ σκηνῆσ, ἔσται συγκαλύπτον ἐπὶ τὰ πλάγια τῆσ σκηνῆσ ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν, ἵνα καλύπτῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 26:13)
- καὶ τέσσαρεσ τράπεζαι τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων λίθιναι λελαξευμέναι πήχεωσ καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ πλάτοσ καὶ πήχεων δύο καὶ ἡμίσουσ τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ ἐπὶ πῆχυν τὸ ὕψοσ, ἐπ’ αὐτὰσ ἐπιθήσουσι τὰ σκεύη, ἐν οἷσ σφάζουσιν ἐκεῖ τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ τὰ θύματα. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 40:41)
- Καὶ ταῦτα τὰ μέτρα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἐν πήχει τοῦ πήχεωσ καὶ παλαιστῆσ. κόλπωμα βάθουσ ἐπὶ πῆχυν καὶ πῆχυσ τὸ εὖροσ, καὶ γεῖσοσ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖλοσ αὐτοῦ κυκλόθεν σπιθαμῆσ. καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ὕψοσ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου. (Septuagint, Prophetia Ezechielis 43:13)
Synonyms
-
the beam
-
cubit
- πυγών (the distance from the elbows to the first joint of the fingers, = 20)
