Dichas

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(Who) Dichas , with Lichas called, was an ancient measure of length, which was based directly on the human body. The measure was defined by the distance between the index finger and thumb and called the dog's mouth . The measure was a Greek one and, according to other sources, an Egyptian one. It corresponded to 2 palm trees with 0.1539 meters . Lichas was called half a foot .

  • 1 dichas = 2 hands = 2 palaises = 8 fingers = ⅔ span
  • 1 dichas = ½ foot (Greek) = 0.154 meters (1 foot = 0.3079 meters)

The dimensional chain as an Egyptian measure was

  • 1 Orgyie = 2 2/5 Bema (step) = 4 Pechys ( cubit ) = 6 feet = 8 Spithamen (span) = 12 Dichas = 24 palm (hand width) = 96 Dactylus (finger width) = 1,847 meters

and as a Greek measure it was

  • 1 pechy (cubit) = 1 ½ feet = 2 spithams = 3 dichas = 6 palms = 12 condylos (inches) = 24 dactylos = 0.4618 meters (equal to the Egyptian cubit)

literature

  • Benedict Zuckermann: The Jewish measurement system and its relationship to the Greek and Roman. Schletter'sche Buchhandlung, Breslau 1867, p. 24

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler: Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's physical dictionary. Volume 6, EB Schwickert, Leipzig 1836, p. 1233
  2. ↑ a b Gotthard Oswald Marbach, Carl Sébastian Cornelius: Physikalischen Lexikon: Encyclopedia of physics and its auxiliary sciences, technology, chemistry, etc. Volume 4, Verlag Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1856, pp. 894, 895