spithame

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σπιθαμή (spithamḗ).

Noun

spithame (plural spithamai)

  1. (historical) The span of a human hand, as a unit of measure in Ancient Greece.

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.