forearm
πῆχυς( Aeol.
πᾶχυς
Alc. 33 ),ὁ, gen.
A.
πήχεος
Hp. Fract. 2
, al., Hdt. 1.178 , Pl. Alc. 1.126d , Arist. Mir. 813a10 , LXX Ex. 25.9 , al., Plb. 10.44.2 , Ph. Bel. 73.42 , πήχεως
Arist. HA 606a14
(v.l.-εος), PCair.Zen. 484.10
(iii B.C.),πήχως(condemned by Phryn. 222 ) corrected to πήχεος
PCair.Zen. 665.1
(iii B. C.): gen. pl. πήχεων
IG 12.314.39
, 22.1673.15 , PCair.Zen. 353.10
(iii B. C.); later contr.
πηχῶν
X. An. 4.7.16
codd., Arist. Pol. 1302b37 , PCair.Zen. 54.4
(iii B. C.), PStrassb. 85.20
(ii B. C.), Phld. Sign. 2 , Phryn. 222 , Moer. p.327 P.:—forearm, from wrist to elbow, Hp. Fract. 2 , 3 , al., Poll. 2.140 ; opp.βραχίων, Pl. Ti. 75a , X. Eq. 12.5 : in Poets, generally,arm, ἀμφὶ δ' ἑὸν φίλον υίὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ
Il. 5.314
, cf. Od. 17.38 , 23.240 ;λευκὸν ἀντείνασα π. B. Fr. 13.4 , cf. E. Or. 1466 (lyr.) ;λαιὸν ἔπαιρε π. Id. Heracl. 728 .
2. Anat.,ulna, Ruf. Onom. 80 , Gal. UP 2.2 , Sor. Fract. 20 .
II. centrepiece, which joined the two horns of the bow, τόν ῥ' [ὀϊστὸν] ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρήν
Od. 21.419
; ὁ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκε
Il. 11.375
, 13.583 .
III. in pl.,horns of the lyre, opp.ζυγόν(the bridge), Hdt. 4.192 ; πήχεις ἐναρμόσας καὶ ζυγώσας
Luc. DDeor. 7.4
.
2. also, = ζυγόν ,crosspieceorbridgein which the horns were fitted, Artemo Hist. 12 .
IV. in the balance,beam,
IG 22.1013.32 , Theol.Ar. 29 .
V. as a measure of length,distance from the point of the elbow to that of the middle finger,=
6
παλασταί =
24
δάκτυλοι, Poll. 2.158 ; π. μέτριος
Hdt. 1.178
;π. ἰδιωτικός, κοινός, Sch. Luc. Cat. 16 ; butπ. βασιλήϊος,=
27
δάκτυλοι, Hdt. 1.178 , 7.117 ; ὁ Αἰγύπτιος π. τυγχάνει ἴσος ἐὼν τῷ Σαμίῳ
Id. 2.168
, cf. Luc. l. c. ; for later measurements, Hero Deff. 131 , Geom. 4.2 ,al.
2. cubit-rule, as we say 'foot-rule', Ar. Ra. 799 , Gal. 1.47 ; π. ἀκαμπής
AP 6.204
( Leon. ) ; as epith. of Nemesis, APl. 4.223 , 224 .
3. metaph. of any small amount (cf.πήχυιος), Ev.Matt. 6.27 ;κατὰ πῆχυν littlebylittle, Marin. Procl. 26 .
VI. πήχεις,οἱ , thecubits(of inundation), represented in pictures as children one cubit high playing round the Nile, Luc. Rh.Pr. 6 , Philostr. Im. 1.5 . (Cf. Skt.bāhú-, Avest.bāzu- (masc.) 'arm', ONorsebógr'shoulder'.)
