πῆχυσ, εοσ: elbow, then fore - arm, arm, Il. 21.166, Od. 17.38. Also centre-piece of a bow, joining the arms (horns) of the weapon, being the part grasped by the left hand in shooting, Il. 11.375, Od. 21.419. (For the manner of holding, see cuts Nos. 104, Heracles; 127, Paris; 63, 89, 90, Assyrians.)
in which the horns were fitted, Artemo Hist.12. IV. in the balance,
beam,
IG22.1013.32, Theol.Ar. 29. V. as a measure of length,
distance from the point of the elbow to that of the middle finger
, = 6 παλασταί = 24 δάκτυλοι, Poll.2.158; π. μέτριοσHdt.1.178; π. ἰδιωτικός, κοινόσ, Sch.Luc.Cat.16; but π. βασιλήϊοσ, = 27 δάκτυλοι, Hdt.1.178, 7.117; ὁ Αἰγύπτιος π. τυγχάνει ἴσος ἐὼν τῷ ΣαμίῳId.2.168, cf. Luc. l. c.; for later measurements, HeroDeff.131, Geom.4.2,al. 2.
cubit-rule
, as we say 'foot-rule', Ar.Ra.799, Gal.1.47; π. ἀκαμπήσAP6.204 (Leon.); as epith. of Nemesis, APl.4.223, 224. 3. metaph. of any small amount (cf. πήχυιοσ), Ev.Matt.6.27; κατὰ πῆχυν
little
by
little
, Marin.Procl.26. VI.πήχεις, οἱ, the
cubits
(of inundation), represented in pictures as children one cubit high playing round the Nile, Luc.Rh.Pr.6, Philostr.Im.1.5. (Cf. Skt.