Palmipes (15 Roman inches)

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Palmipes (15 Roman inches)

Author: * QuintusCinna Cocceius - 7 Posts on this thread out of 1,051 Posts sitewide.
Date: Apr 12, 2004 - 19:09

Palmipes. (i.e. pes et palmus). A Roman measure of length, equal to a foot and a palm; or a foot and a quarter, or 15 inches, or 20 digits [Tables, II].

Sir William Smith, Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Ed. F. Warre Cornish (London: John Murray, 1898), p 463.

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