πλέθρον

plethron

measure of length of 100 feet

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 3
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174e2
204d4
204d5
Alcibiades I 1
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123c7
Critias 1
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118c6

Dictionary (LSJ)

πλέθρον, τό, A. measure of length of 100 feet, Hdt. 2.124, E. Ion 1137, X. An. 1.2.5, SIG 250 F15 (Delph., iv B.C.), etc. II. as a square measure, 10,000 square feet, Hdt. 7.199 (s.v.l.), IG 12.376,385, Pl. Tht. 174e, Alc. 1.123c, D. 20.115, SIG 306.13 (Tegea, iv B.C.). 2. = Lat. jugerum, Plu. Cam. 39, Ael. VH 3.1; cf. πέλεθρον. III. in pl., = δίυγροι καὶ βοτανώδεις τόποι, Hsch. (Written βλέθρα in Rev.Ét.Gr. 10.29 (Thespiae, iii/ii B.C.).)

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