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fixed measure in
ancient Greece since at
least archaic period. The word
spithame (Gr****: "σπιθαμή"), "span", is
attested in the work of
Herodotus in the...
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human hand, from the tip of the
thumb to the tip of the
little finger Spithamē -
Ancient Gr**** span
Zeret -
Biblical span
Haploun bēma -
Ancient Gr****...
- span of all fingers; see
Ancient Gr****
units of
measurement Attic σπιθαμή
spithame, inch) Ἑκατόμβαιος
Hecatombaios epithet for
Apollo in
Athens and for Zeus...
- (kóndylos). Two
palms made a half-foot (hēmipódion or dikhás); three, a span (
spithamḗ); four, a foot (poûs); five, a
short cubit (pygōn); and six, a
cubit (pē̂khys)...
- orthodōron ὀρθόδωρον 11
daktyloi 211.9 mm (8.34 in)
straight hand's
width spithamē σπιθαμή 12
daktyloi 231.2 mm (9.10 in) span of all
fingers pous πούς 16...
- and
Roman units of the finger, kondylos, anticheir, palaiste, dichas,
spithame, pechys, pace, fathom,
schoenus (field measurement), plethron, mile, allage...
- 1⁄4 0.0787 Half-pous Half-foot hēmipódion (ἡμιπόδιον) 1⁄2 0.1574 Span
spithamḗ (σπιθαμή) 3⁄4 0.2361 Pous (Foot) poûs (ποῦς) 1 0.3123
Derived from the...
