"πῆχυς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πῆχυς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɛ̂ː.kʰys/, /ˈpi.çys/, /ˈpi.çis/, /pɛ̂ː.kʰys/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpe̝.kʰys/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈpi.çys/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈpi.çys/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈpi.çis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *pā́kʰus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús. Cognates include Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu, “arm”), Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (b-a-z-u /⁠bāzu⁠/) (Persian بازو (bâzu)), and Old English bōg (English bough). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*pā́kʰus}} Proto-Hellenic *pā́kʰus, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*bʰeh₂ǵʰús}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús, {{cog|sa|बाहु|t=arm}} Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu, “arm”), {{cog|peo|𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢|ts=bāzu}} Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (b-a-z-u /⁠bāzu⁠/), {{cog|fa|بازو|tr=bâzu}} Persian بازو (bâzu), {{,}} ,, {{cog|ang|bōg}} Old English bōg, {{cog|en|bough}} English bough Head templates: {{grc-noun|πῆχῠς|πήχεως|m|third}} πῆχῠς • (pêkhus) m (genitive πήχεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πῆχῠς|πήχεως|form=M}}, {{grc-decl|πῆχῠς|πήχεως|ND=πήχεε|dial=epi|form=M}} Forms: πῆχῠς [canonical], pêkhus [romanization], πήχεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ πῆχῠς [nominative, singular], τὼ πήχει [dual, nominative], οἱ πήχεις [nominative, plural], τοῦ πήχεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν πηχέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν πήχεων [genitive, plural], τῷ πήχει [dative, singular], τοῖν πηχέοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς πήχεσῐ [dative, plural], πήχεσῐν [dative, plural], toîs pḗkhesi [dative, plural], toîs pḗkhesin [dative, plural], τὸν πῆχῠν [accusative, singular], τὼ πήχει [accusative, dual], τοὺς πήχεις [accusative, plural], πῆχῠ [singular, vocative], πήχει [dual, vocative], πήχεις [plural, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], πῆχῠς [nominative, singular], πήχεε [dual, nominative], πήχεες [nominative, plural], πήχεος [genitive, singular], πηχέοιῐν [dual, genitive], πήχεων [genitive, plural], πήχει [dative, singular], πηχέοιῐν [dative, dual], πηχέεσσῐ [dative, plural], πηχέεσσῐν [dative, plural], πηχέεσῐ [dative, plural], πηχέεσῐν [dative, plural], πήχεσῐ [dative, plural], πήχεσῐν [dative, plural], pēkhéessi [dative, plural], pēkhéessin [dative, plural], pēkhéesi [dative, plural], pēkhéesin [dative, plural], pḗkhesi [dative, plural], pḗkhesin [dative, plural], πῆχῠν [accusative, singular], πήχεε [accusative, dual], πήχεᾰς [accusative, plural], πῆχῠ [singular, vocative], πήχεε [dual, vocative], πήχεες [plural, vocative]
  1. forearm, from the wrist to the elbow Categories (topical): Body parts
    Sense id: en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-vkBicA-M Disambiguation of Body parts: 28 10 3 2 16 16 24
  2. the centrepiece, which joined the two horns of an ancient bow Categories (topical): Body parts
    Sense id: en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-vSaiI9jp Disambiguation of Body parts: 28 10 3 2 16 16 24
  3. (in the plural) the horns or sides of the lyre Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-weaiTg8D
  4. (in the balance) the beam
    Sense id: en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-Attzn3Aj
  5. (as a measure of length) cubit, the distance from the point of the elbow to that of the little finger Categories (topical): Body parts, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-nBEiQEzI Disambiguation of Body parts: 28 10 3 2 16 16 24 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 4 7 2 1 27 27 31
  6. (as a measure of length) cubit, the distance from the point of the elbow to that of the little finger
    a cubit-rule, foot-rule
    Categories (topical): Body parts, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-EozixHEj Disambiguation of Body parts: 28 10 3 2 16 16 24 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 4 7 2 1 27 27 31
  7. (in the plural) the cubits, small children one cubit in height represented in pictures as playing round the Nile Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Body parts, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-HsofqtcZ Disambiguation of Body parts: 28 10 3 2 16 16 24 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 4 7 2 1 27 27 31 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 16 20 6 4 9 9 36 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 18 7 4 8 8 37 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 20 13 8 5 10 10 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 16 18 7 4 8 8 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 23 8 2 8 8 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: πᾶχῠς (pâkhus) [Aeolic]
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "bridge",
      "roman": "zugón",
      "word": "ζυγόν"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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          },
          "expansion": "Greek: πήχης (píchis)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: πήχης (píchis)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pechiagra",
            "bor": "1",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→⇒ Italian: pechiagra",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→⇒ Italian: pechiagra"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (b-a-z-u /⁠bāzu⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "بازو",
        "tr": "bâzu"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian بازو (bâzu)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "bōg"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bough"
      },
      "expansion": "English bough",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *pā́kʰus, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús. Cognates include Sanskrit बाहु (bāhu, “arm”), Old Persian 𐎲𐎠𐏀𐎢 (b-a-z-u /⁠bāzu⁠/) (Persian بازو (bâzu)), and Old English bōg (English bough).",
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pêkhus",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ πῆχῠς",
      "roman": "ho pêkhus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πήχει",
      "roman": "tṑ pḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ πήχεις",
      "roman": "hoi pḗkheis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ πήχεως",
      "roman": "toû pḗkheōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πηχέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn pēkhéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν πήχεων",
      "roman": "tôn pḗkheōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ πήχει",
      "roman": "tôi pḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν πηχέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn pēkhéoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς πήχεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pḗkhesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs pḗkhesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν πῆχῠν",
      "roman": "tòn pêkhun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ πήχει",
      "roman": "tṑ pḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς πήχεις",
      "roman": "toùs pḗkheis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῆχῠ",
      "roman": "pêkhu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχει",
      "roman": "pḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεις",
      "roman": "pḗkheis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῆχῠς",
      "roman": "pêkhus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεε",
      "roman": "pḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεες",
      "roman": "pḗkhees",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεος",
      "roman": "pḗkheos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πηχέοιῐν",
      "roman": "pēkhéoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεων",
      "roman": "pḗkheōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχει",
      "roman": "pḗkhei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πηχέοιῐν",
      "roman": "pēkhéoiin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πηχέεσσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πηχέεσσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πηχέεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πηχέεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēkhéessi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēkhéessin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēkhéesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pēkhéesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pḗkhesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pḗkhesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῆχῠν",
      "roman": "pêkhun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεε",
      "roman": "pḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεᾰς",
      "roman": "pḗkheas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῆχῠ",
      "roman": "pêkhu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεε",
      "roman": "pḗkhee",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πήχεες",
      "roman": "pḗkhees",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "πῆχῠς",
        "2": "πήχεως",
        "3": "m",
        "4": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "πῆχῠς • (pêkhus) m (genitive πήχεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῆχῠς",
        "2": "πήχεως",
        "form": "M"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῆχῠς",
        "2": "πήχεως",
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        "dial": "epi",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 10 3 2 16 16 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Body parts",
          "orig": "grc:Body parts",
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            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Collected Works 751C"
        }
      ],
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        "forearm, from the wrist to the elbow"
      ],
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          "wrist",
          "wrist"
        ],
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          "elbow",
          "elbow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 10 3 2 16 16 24",
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            "Body",
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            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 21.419"
        }
      ],
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        "the centrepiece, which joined the two horns of an ancient bow"
      ],
      "id": "en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-vSaiI9jp",
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          "centrepiece"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.192"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the horns or sides of the lyre"
      ],
      "id": "en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-weaiTg8D",
      "links": [
        [
          "horn",
          "horn"
        ],
        [
          "lyre",
          "lyre"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) the horns or sides of the lyre"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Theological Principles of Arithmetic 39"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the beam"
      ],
      "id": "en-πῆχυς-grc-noun-Attzn3Aj",
      "links": [
        [
          "beam",
          "beam"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the balance) the beam"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the balance"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "28 10 3 2 16 16 24",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Body parts",
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          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 7 2 1 27 27 31",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "grc:Units of measure",
          "parents": [
            "Metrology",
            "Quantity",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Mathematics",
            "Sciences",
            "Formal sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "text": "125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, A Professor of Public Speaking 6"
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      "ipa": "/pɛ̂ː.kʰys/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpe̝.kʰys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpi.çys/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpi.çys/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈpi.çis/",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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          "text": "Theological Principles of Arithmetic 39"
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        {
          "text": "ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.158"
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          "text": "405 BCE, Aristophanes, The Frogs 799"
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          "cubit"
        ],
        [
          "cubit-rule",
          "cubit-rule"
        ],
        [
          "foot-rule",
          "foot-rule"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(as a measure of length) cubit, the distance from the point of the elbow to that of the little finger",
        "a cubit-rule, foot-rule"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "as a measure of length"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, A Professor of Public Speaking 6"
        },
        {
          "text": "170 CE – 250 CE, Philostratus, Collected Works 769"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the cubits, small children one cubit in height represented in pictures as playing round the Nile"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) the cubits, small children one cubit in height represented in pictures as playing round the Nile"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛ̂ː.kʰys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.çys/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.çis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛ̂ː.kʰys/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpe̝.kʰys/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.çys/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.çys/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.çis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "pâkhus",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "πᾶχῠς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πῆχυς"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (antonym(s) of “lyre horns”): ζυγόν (zugón, “bridge”) desc=antonym(s) of “lyre horns” rest=ζυγόν (zugón, “bridge”) cls=other cls2=other e1=False e2=False",
  "path": [
    "πῆχυς"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "πῆχυς",
  "trace": ""
}

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