Greek semantic domain
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Source hierarchy
- Parent: SDBC-DOMAIN-UBS-GRK-081
Advanced domain details
- Domain ID
SDBC-DOMAIN-UBS-GRK-081006- Source code
- 081006
- Level
- 2
- Scheme
- UBS Greek Lexical Domains
Member senses (6)
- μίλιονmile, kilometer
Sense details
a Roman mile, consisting of a thousand paces and equivalent to somewhat less than an English mile but equal to about one kilometer and a half
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003307-01 - ὁδόςhalf a mile, one kilometer, Sabbath journey
Sense details
(an idiom, literally: a Sabbath’s road) a Sabbath day’s journey, somewhat over half a mile and about one kilometer
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003501-07 - ὀργυιάfathom
Sense details
traditionally the measurement of a man’s arms stretched out horizontally, reckoned at approximately six feet or almost two meters and used as a technical, nautical term to measure the depth of water
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003619-01 - πῆχυςcubit, eighteen inches, half meter
Sense details
traditionally the distance from the elbow to the end of the fingers, about eighteen inches or one-half meter
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-003988-01 - σάββατονhalf a mile, one kilometer, Sabbath journey
Sense details
a Sabbath day’s journey, somewhat over half a mile and about one kilometer
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-004423-03 - στάδιοςstade
Sense details
a measure of distance of about 600 feet or 185 meters
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-004612-01