ACAENA
ACAENA (
ἀκαίνη,
ἄκαινα, or in later Greek
ἄκενα, in one place
ἄκαινον) is
a very ancient, Greek word, for it is said to have been derived from the
Thessalians or from the Pelasgians. It
[p. 1.5]seems
originally to have meant a pointed stick: thus it was applied both to a goad
and to a shepherd's staff. Afterwards it came (like our
pole and
perch, and the German
Stange) to mean a measuring rod of the length of ten
Greek feet, or, according to Hesychius, 9 2/3
πήχεις, which is the same thing. It was used in measuring land,
and thus it resembles the Roman decempeda. It is doubtful whether there was
a corresponding square measure. (Schol.
in
Apollon. 3.1326; Suid. s.v.
Hesych. sub voce Schow,
Hesych.
Restit. p. 648; Olympiodor.
ad Aristot.
Meteorolog. p. 25; Heron. ap. Salmas.
ad
Solin. p. 481; Wurm,
de Pond. p. 93; Hultsch,
Griech. u. Röm. Metrol. p. 36.) [
ACNA]
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P.S]
