In classical times, a unit of distance, in concept the distance between the
tip of the thumb and the tip of the outstretched little finger, = 3 palaistai.
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| Attic | 22.2 cm |
| Olympic | 24.0 cm |
| Pergamene | 24.7 cm |
| Aeginetan | 25.0 cm |
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