σπιθαμή
σπιθαμή, the space one can span with the thumb and little finger, a span
σπῐθᾰμ-ή, ἡ,
- space one can embrace between the thumb and little finger, span (EM 647.34), as a fixed measure, = 3 παλαισταί (Hero *Deff. 131), first in Hdt. 2.106, Hp. Mochl. 38 (though the compd. τρισπίθαμος occurs in Hes. Op. 426); also in Pl. Alc. 1.126d, Arist. HA 606a14, Pol. 1302b38, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.47, POxy. 669.32 (iii A.D.), etc.:metaph., σ. τοῦ βίου Diogenian. 8.17.
σπιθαμή, ῆς (ἡ) [ῐᾰ] empan, mesure d’une demi-coudée, ou de trois quarts de pied, Hdt. 2, 106 ; Plat. 1 Alc. 126c ; Arstt. Pol. 5, 3 ; H.A. 8, 28, 5.
Étym. probabl. pré-grec.
σπιθαμή, ἡ, die Weite zwischen dem ausgespannten Daumen und dem kleinen Finger ; Her. 2.106 ; περὶ σπιθαμῆς καὶ πήχεως, Plat. Alc.I, 126c ; Sp.; Römisch dodrans.
σπιθαμή
σπῐθᾰμή, ἡ,
- the space one can span with the thumb and little finger, a span, Lat. dodrans, about 7 1/2 inches, Hdt., Plat. deriv. uncertain