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orguia [Greek, ὀργυιά]

In classical times, a unit of length, in concept the distance between the tips of the fingers of the outstretched arms (like a fathom), = 6 pous. Also romanized as orgyia.

A marble relief from 460-450 bce. Note the footprint, showing the size of a pous. In the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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Size of the *orguia*
Attic	1.77 meters
Olympic	1.92 m
Pergamene	1.98 m
Aeginetan	2.00 m

In English translations of the New Testament (Acts 27:28), orguia is translated “fathom.”