English Explanatory Dictionary

spithame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The span of a human hand, as a unit of measure in Ancient Greece.

Word forms

spithame spithamai

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπιθαμή (spithamḗ).

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