"σπιθαμή" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /spi.tʰa.mɛ̌ː/, /spi.θaˈmi/, /spi.θaˈmi/, /spi.tʰa.mɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /spi.tʰaˈme̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /spi.θaˈmi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /spi.θaˈmi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /spi.θaˈmi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The formation is similar to παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), δόχμη (dókhmē, “breadth of the hand”) and πυγμή (pugmḗ, “distance between the elbow and the knuckles”). According to Beekes, it's probably from Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{m|grc|παλάμη||palm of the hand}} παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), {{m|grc|δόχμη||breadth of the hand}} δόχμη (dókhmē, “breadth of the hand”), {{m|grc|πυγμή||distance between the elbow and the knuckles}} πυγμή (pugmḗ, “distance between the elbow and the knuckles”), {{der|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|σπῐθᾰμή|σπῐθᾰμῆς|f|first}} σπῐθᾰμή • (spithamḗ) f (genitive σπῐθᾰμῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σπῐθᾰμή|ης}} Forms: σπῐθᾰμή [canonical], spithamḗ [romanization], σπῐθᾰμῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ σπῐθᾰμή [nominative, singular], τὼ σπῐθᾰμᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ σπῐθᾰμαί [nominative, plural], τῆς σπῐθᾰμῆς [genitive, singular], τοῖν σπῐθᾰμαῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν σπῐθᾰμῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ σπῐθᾰμῇ [dative, singular], τοῖν σπῐθᾰμαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς σπῐθᾰμαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν σπῐθᾰμήν [accusative, singular], τὼ σπῐθᾰμᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς σπῐθᾰμᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], σπῐθᾰμή [singular, vocative], σπῐθᾰμᾱ́ [dual, vocative], σπῐθᾰμαί [plural, vocative]
  1. span, also as a fixed measure Categories (topical): Units of measure Derived forms: σπιθαμιαῖος (spithamiaîos), τρισπίθαμος (trispíthamos)

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