[325] ὄργυια^ (in Attic “ὀργυια?”) is from stem “ὀρεγ”—seen in English ‘reach.’ It properly denotes the space between the finger-tips when the arms are ‘extended.’ The ‘foot,’ the ‘cubit,’ and the ‘ell’ are instances of measures derived from the human body. The ‘fathom’ is the same length as the “ὄργυια”, and is got at in the same way; but the word is applied to the length of line or thread (fead, faden) that can be held with the furthest stretch of the two arms.
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