yard
yard
subs.
Measure of length, express by: P. and V. πῆχυς, ὁ (Eur. Cycl.) (about half a yard): see cubit.
For longer measures: use P. and V. πλέθρον, τό (about 33 yds.), or Ar. and P. στά̆διον, τό (about 200 yds.).
Court-yard: P. and V. αὐλή, ἡ (Plat.); see court-yard.
Farm-yard: V. αὔλιον, τό (Eur. Cycl. also Xen.).
subs.
Measure of length, express by: P. and V. πῆχυς, ὁ (Eur. Cycl.) (about half a yard): see cubit.
For longer measures: use P. and V. πλέθρον, τό (about 33 yds.), or Ar. and P. στά̆διον, τό (about 200 yds.).
Court-yard: P. and V. αὐλή, ἡ (Plat.); see court-yard.
Farm-yard: V. αὔλιον, τό (Eur. Cycl. also Xen.).
YARD
A court area: chors (for cattle; Vid: COURT).
A measure of three feet duo cubitus (a cubitus being a foot and a half: ☞ the Roman gradus is less than a yard about 2½ feet; ulna is much more than a yard). A yard long tripedalis (of three Roman feet).
The support of a sail antenna (Caes.) or antennae plur. (Ov. Hirt.): ☞ cornua = the extremities of the yard.
A court area: chors (for cattle; Vid: COURT).
A measure of three feet duo cubitus (a cubitus being a foot and a half: ☞ the Roman gradus is less than a yard about 2½ feet; ulna is much more than a yard). A yard long tripedalis (of three Roman feet).
The support of a sail antenna (Caes.) or antennae plur. (Ov. Hirt.): ☞ cornua = the extremities of the yard.
yard:
I. A court:
1. ārea: a y. before a house, area domus, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 4.
2. cohors, tis, f.: (written also cors and chors in this sense): the y. in which the fowls stray about, cohors per quam vagantur gallinae, Col. 8, 3: the fowls of the y., cortis aves, Mart. 13, 45, 2.
II. A measure: *ulna: approximately, where great exactness is not needed: with a gown six y.s long, cum bis ter ulnarum toga, Hor. Epod. 4, 8. Phr.: a shield a y. long, parma tripedalis, Liv. 38, 21.
III. A sail-*yard: antenna: the ropes which bound the y.s to the masts, funes qui antennas ad malos destinabant, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: the tips of the sail-clad y.s, cornua velatarum antennarum, Virg. Aen. 3, 549.
I. A court:
1. ārea: a y. before a house, area domus, Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 4.
2. cohors, tis, f.: (written also cors and chors in this sense): the y. in which the fowls stray about, cohors per quam vagantur gallinae, Col. 8, 3: the fowls of the y., cortis aves, Mart. 13, 45, 2.
II. A measure: *ulna: approximately, where great exactness is not needed: with a gown six y.s long, cum bis ter ulnarum toga, Hor. Epod. 4, 8. Phr.: a shield a y. long, parma tripedalis, Liv. 38, 21.
III. A sail-*yard: antenna: the ropes which bound the y.s to the masts, funes qui antennas ad malos destinabant, Caes. B. G. 3, 14: the tips of the sail-clad y.s, cornua velatarum antennarum, Virg. Aen. 3, 549.
appearing fewer than 50 times
ναυπήγιονa shipbuilder’s-yard, dockyard
συκεών
fig-yard
συκών
fig-yard
ἀλεκτόριον
poultry-yard
ἐλαιοκόμιον
olive-yard
ἐλαιών
an olive-yard
ἱστοκεραία
sail-yard
Yard
See area.