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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 915 — BOOK VII.835 MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS.

John Bostock translation

From τρεῖς, “three,” and σπιθαμαὶ, “spans,” the span being about nine inches English.

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