πῆχυς

pechys

forearm

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 7
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 493b12–494b18

493b27
Book III 1
Chapter 3 512b12–514a22

513a3
Book IV 1
Chapter 1 523a31–525a29

524a26
Book V 1
Chapter 33 557b32–558a24

558a23
Book VIII 2
Chapter 28 605b22–607a8

606a14

Chapter 30 607b1–608a7

607b33
Book IX 1
Chapter 13 615b19–616a13

615b32
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 57 834b7–17

834b9
Chapter 127 842b14–26

842b25
Mechanica 1
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Chapter 16 853a5–18

853a7
Metaphysics 1
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Book Ι 1
Chapter 1 1052a15–1053b8

1053a35
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

813a10
Physics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 12 220a27–222a9

221a3
Politics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1302b37

Dictionary (LSJ)

πῆχυς (Aeol. πᾶχυς Alc. 33), ὁ, gen. πήχεος Hp. Fract. 2, al., Hdt. 1.178, Pl. Alc. 1.126d, Arist. Mir. 813a10, LXXEx. 25.9, al., Plb. 10.44.2, Ph. Bel. 73.42, πήχεως Arist. HA 606a14 (v.l. -εος), PCair.Zen. 484.10 (iii B.C.), πήχως (condemned by Phryn. 222) corrected to πήχεος PCair.Zen. 665.1 (iii B. C.) : gen. pl. πήχεων IG 12.314.39, 22.1673.15, PCair.Zen. 353.10 (iii B. C.); later contr. πηχῶν X. An. 4.7.16 codd., Arist. Pol. 1302b37, PCair.Zen. 54.4 (iii B. C.), PStrassb. 85.20 (ii B. C.), Phld. Sign. 2, Phryn. 222, Moer.p.327 P.:—A. forearm, from wrist to elbow, Hp. Fract. 2, 3, al., Poll. 2.140 ; opp. βραχίων, Pl. Ti. 75a, X. Eq. 12.5: in Poets, generally, arm, ἀμφὶ δʼ ἑὸν φίλον υίὸν ἐχεύατο πήχεε λευκώ Il. 5.314, cf. Od. 17.38, 23.240 ; λευκὸν ἀντείνασα π. B. Fr. 13.4, cf. E. Or. 1466 (lyr.) ; λαιὸν ἔπαιρε π. Id. Heracl. 728. 2. Anat., ulna, Ruf. Onom. 80, Gal. UP 2.2, Sor. Fract. 20. II. centrepiece, which joined the two horns of the bow, τόν ῥʼ [ὀϊστὸν] ἐπὶ πήχει ἑλὼν ἕλκεν νευρήν Od. 21.419 ; ὁ δὲ τόξου πῆχυν ἄνελκε Il. 11.375, 13.583. III. in pl., horns of the lyre, opp. ζυγόν (the bridge), Hdt. 4.192 ; πήχεις ἐναρμόσας καὶ ζυγώσας Luc. DDeor. 7.4. 2. also, = ζυγόν, crosspiece or bridge in which the horns were fitted, Artemo Hist.12. IV. in the balance, beam, IG 22.1013.32, 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. μέτριος Hdt. 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 Σαμίῳ Id. 2.168, cf. Luc. l. c. ; for later measurements, Hero Deff. 131, Geom. 4.2,al. 2. cubit-rule, as we say ‘foot-rule’, Ar. Ra. 799, Gal. 1.47 ; π. ἀκαμπής AP 6.204 (Leon.) ; as epith. of Nemesis, APl. 16.223, 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. bāhú-, Avest. bāzu- (masc.) ‘arm’, ONorse bógr ‘shoulder’.)

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