ὄργυιᾰ,
Attic dialect ὄργυᾰ, ᾶς, [
Refs];
Ionic dialect ὄργυιᾰ, ῆς, ἡ (see. below): (ὀρέγω):—
the length of the outstretched arms, about 6
feet or I
fathom, ἕστηκε ξύλον. ὅσον τ᾽ ὄργυι᾽ ὑπὲρ αἴης [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2) more precisely, αἱ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαί εἰσι στάδιον ἑξάπλεθρον, ἑξαπέδου τῆς ὀργυιῆς μετρεομένης καὶ τετραπήχεος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3)
rod for measuring land, = [
Refs 2nd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 4.11:—
poetry also
ὀρόγυια (which see): in compounds -ωρυγ, see at {δεκ-ώρυγος}. (Proparox. in
nominative and
accusative singular, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; in
Ionic dialect the
nominative and
accusative singular end in -ᾰ, -ᾰν, as in
Attic dialect, [
Refs 8th c.BC+] before consonant in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀργυιά, -άν in late Gr, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]