ὄργυιᾰ,
Attic dialect ὄργυᾰ, ᾶς, [[ “IG” 22.1672.9 ] Refs]; Ionic dialect ὄργυιᾰ, ῆς, ἡ (see. below): (ὀρέγω):— the length of the outstretched arms, about 6 feet or I fathom, ἕστηκε ξύλον.. ὅσον τ᾽ ὄργυι᾽ ὑπὲρ αἴης [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.327; τοῦ μὲν ὅσον τ᾽ ὄργυιαν ἐγὼν ἀπέκοψα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.325, compare 10.167, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.3.19. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 more precisely, αἱ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαί εἰσι στάδιον ἑξάπλεθρον, ἑξαπέδου τῆς ὀργυιῆς μετρεομένης καὶ τετραπήχεος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.149, compare 4.41, 86, “PHal.” 1.98 (3rd c.BC), “POxy.” 669.39 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 rod for measuring land, = [[ 91/4 σπιθαμαὶ βασιλικαί, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus ] Refs 2nd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 4.11:—poetry also ὀρόγυια (which see): in compounds -ωρυγ-, see at {δεκ-ώρυγος}. (Proparox. in nominative and accusative singular, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus [same places]; oxytone or _perispomenon_ in other cases, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.613, +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Ionic dialect the nominative and accusative singular end in -ᾰ, -ᾰν, as in Attic dialect, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus [same places], the _genitive_ and _dative_ _sing._ in -ῆς, -ῇ (_accusative_ ὀργυιήν] Refs 8th c.BC+] before consonant in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 69, 196, is corrected to ὄργυιαν by Voss)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀργυιά, -άν in late Gr., [[ 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus [same place], etc.) ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]