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Headword:
*dw=ron
Adler number: delta,1472
Translated headword: hand, hand's-breadth
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a palm[s'-breadth]. And
Homer [says]: 'it was sixteen hands'.
*dw=ron: h( palaisth/. kai\ *(/omhros: e(kkaideka/dwra pefu/kei.
Note:
Homer,
Iliad 4.109 (on the ibex horns which had been made into Pandarus' bow), with exegesis from the
scholia there. Already at
delta 1439, and again at
epsilon 406. The Greek 'palm' equates to 3.04 inches, 7.71 cm.
Keywords: definition; epic; military affairs; science and technology; trade and manufacture; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 11 May 2003@08:15:51.
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