ἄκαινα
ης, ἡ
A.
spike, prick, goad, A.R. 3.1323, AP 6.41 (Agath.).
II.
ten-foot rod used as a measure, ἄκαιναν ἀμφότερον κέντρον τε βοῶν καὶ μέτρον ἀρούρης Call. Fr. 214, cf. Sch.A.R. l.c.
2.
square measure of 100 ft., in Egypt, Hero *Deff. 130, cf. Sch. A.R.l.c., POxy. 669.41 (? iii A. D.); in Bithynia, BCH 27.318:— also ἄκαινον, τό, Olymp. in Mete 43.1.