δοχμήorδόχμη,ἡ, (δέχομαι)
A. space contained in a hand's 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 .)