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Headword: Ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα
Adler number: epsilon,406
Translated headword: sixteen-hand
Vetting Status: low
Translation:

Sixteen palms [in breadth]. For a palm-breadth is called a 'hand'.
Homer: 'the horn was sixteen-hand.'[1]

Greek Original:

Ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα: ἑκκαίδεκα παλαιστῶν. δῶρον γὰρ καλεῖται ἡ παλαιστή. Ὅμηρος: τοῦ κέρα ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα πεφύκει.

Notes:

See under delta 1472.
[1] Homer, Iliad 4.109.

Keywords: definition; epic; military affairs; science and technology; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 11 May 2003@08:34:10.
Vetted by:

Catharine Roth (augmented note) on 12 May 2003@00:52:17.

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