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A. the distance from the elbow to the first joint of the fingers,= 20 δάκτυλοι or 5 παλαισταί, Hdt. 2.175, X. Cyn. 10.2, Archestr. Fr. 29, Hero *Geom. 4.10.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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