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πῆχυς

pechus

forearm, arm

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Where it lives

Ezechiel 96 · 33.22/10k
Regnorum III 36 · 18.84/10k
Exodus 38 · 16.05/10k
Paralipomenon II 26 · 13.21/10k
Judith 8 · 9.13/10k
Zacharias 2 · 4.15/10k
Esther 2 · 3.62/10k
Daniel (LXX) 3 · 2.86/10k
Esdras II 3 · 2.53/10k
Esdras I 2 · 2.43/10k
Numeri 5 · 2.17/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. πῆχυς · pēchys — Beekes

πῆχυς [m.] ‘forearm, arm’, as a measure ‘cubit’, and other metaphorical mgs. (Il.). 41Ὲ * beh g'-u- ‘lower arm, elbow’> *VAR Dor. Aeol. πᾶχυς, gen. -ξος, -ews. *COMP δί-πηχυς ‘two cubits long’ (IA). *DER 1. diminutive πηχίσκος [m.] (Anon. apud Suid.); 2. adjectives myv-aiog (1A, παχυ- Epich.), -ἰος (Mimn., A. R.) ‘one cubitlon g’; 3. verbs: πηχίζω [v.] ‘to measure by the cubit’ (LXX), whence πηχ-ισμός [m.] … — [Beekes, s.v. πῆχυς, p. 1239]

2. πῆχυς · pēchys — Chantraine

πῆχυς : dor., 60]. πᾶχυς, gén. -coc (ion.), τεως (att.), acc. pl. -εας (ion.), -εἰς (att.), cf. Chantraine, Morphologie? 8 90, «avant-bras », du poignet au coude, cf. Hp., Fract. 2,3, opposé à βραχίων (PL, Ti. 75 a, X., Eg. 12,5), «bras » en général (Hom., poètes), «coude, cubitus» (médec.), d’où partie centrale de l'arc par où on l’empoigne (Hom.), au pl. cornes de la lyre par opposition au Cuyév (H. Hom., Hdt.); … — [Chantraine, s.v. πῆχυς, p. 915]

3. πῆχυς · pēchys — Frisk

πῆχυς, dor. 80]. πᾶχυς, -εος, -ewg m. “Unterarm, Arm’ (vglβοαχίων), auch als Maß = ‘Elle’ und übertr. in verschied" Bedd. (seit Il,). Oft als Hinterglied, z.B. δί-πηχυς “zwei Ellen messend’ (ion. att.). Davon 1. das Demin. πηχίσκος m. (Anon. ap. Suid.); 2. die Adj. πηχυ-αἴος (ion. att., παχυ- Epich.), -ıos (Mimn., A. R.) “ellenlang’ ; 3. die Verba: πηχίξζω “mit Ellenmaß messen’ (LXX u.a.) mit πηχ-ισμός m. “Messung … — [Frisk, s.v. πῆχυς, p. 1503]

4. πῆχυς · pēchys — Frisk

πῆχυς. Apers. -Bados (Ἀρτά-βαζος) gehört nicht zu aw. bäzu-, s. Schmitt ZDMG 117 (1967) 128 A.69. — [Frisk, s.v. πῆχυς, p. 2296]

5. πῆχυς · pēchys — LSJ

forearm, arm

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 δʼ ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν 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 ulna

Anat., ulna, Ruf. Onom. 80, Gal. UP 2.2, Sor. Fract. 20.

II centrepiece, which joined the two horns of the bow

centrepiece, which joined the two horns of the bow, τόν ῥʼ [ὀϊστὸν] ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρήν Od. 21.419 ; ὁ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκε Il. 11.375, 13.583.

III horns of the lyre

in pl., horns of the lyre, opp. ζυγόν (the bridge), Hdt. 4.192 ; πήχεις ἐναρμόσας καὶ ζυγώσας Luc. DDeor. 11[7].4.

2 crosspiece, bridge

also, = ζυγόν, crosspiece or bridge in which the horns were fitted, ArtemoHist. 12.

IV beam

in the balance, beam, IG 2(2).1013.32, Theol.Ar. 29.

V distance from the point of the elbow to that of the middle finger

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 ; but π. 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

cubit-rule, as we say ‘foot-rule’, Ar. Ra. 799, Gal. 1.47 ; π. ἀκαμπής AP 6.204 (Leon.) ; as epith. of Nemesis, APl. 16.223, 224.

3 little, little

metaph. of any small amount (cf. πήχυιος), Ev.Matt. 6.27 ; κατὰ πῆχυν little by little, Marin. Procl. 26.

VI cubits

πήχεις, οἱ, the cubits (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’, ONorse bógr ‘shoulder’.)

In the wild

πήχεις · pēcheis Aristophanes, Frogs 799–800
πῆχυν · pēchyn Aristotle, Metaphysics book 10 (DIORISIS sentence 2591)
πηχῶν · pēchōn Aristotle, Politics 1302b (DIORISIS sentence 1862)
πῆχυν · pēchyn Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 981)
πῆχυν · pēchyn Euripides, Rhesus (DIORISIS sentence 4)
πηχέων · pēcheōn Herodotus, Histories 1.178.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1252)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. πῆχυς (scan p. 1239; entry #4973).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πῆχυς (scan p. 915; entry #6508).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πῆχυς (scan pp. 1503-1504; entry #4638). Root candidates: *bhäaghu-, *bhagh-, *bäz-.

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