SPI´THAME
SPI´THAME (
σπιθαμή),
a span, a Greek measure equal to 3-4ths of the
foot. There was no proper Roman measure corresponding to it, but the later
writers used
palmus in this sense; the early
writers express the Greek span properly by
dodrans.
[
MENSURA p. 161
b;
PALMUS]
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P.S]