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δοχμή, the space contained in a hand’s breadth

δοχμή or δόχμη, ἡ, (δέχομαι)
  • space contained in a handʼs breadth, Cratin. 350, Ar. Eq. 318, Com.Adesp. 571, Scyl. 112: expld. as, = παλαιστή, Sch. Ar. ad loc.; but also as, = σπιθαμή, Phot. s. h. v.; Hsch. and Suid. give both senses. (On the accent, v. Ael.Dion. Fr. 136, Poll. 2.157.)

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