σπῐθᾰμ-ή,ἡ,
A. 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.τρισπίθαμοςoccurs 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
.