δοχμή

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.)