In classical times, a unit of length, in concept the distance between the
tip of the thumb and the tip of an outstretched first finger, = 10 dactyloi.
| Attic | 18.5 cm |
| Olympic | 20.0 cm |
| Pergamene | 20.6 cm |
| Aeginetan | 20.8 cm |
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