Ancient Greek

Noun

ὄργυια • ‎(órguia) f ‎(genitive ὀργυιας); first declension

1. fathom
   • Και βολισαντες ευρον οργυιας εικοσι, βραχυ δε διαστησαντες, και παλιν βολισαντες, ευρον οργυιας δεκαπεντε.

     They sounded and found twenty fathoms, went a bit farther, sounded again, and found fifteen fathoms. Acts 27:28

References

• ὄργυια in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὄργυια in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ὄργυια in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ὄργυια» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ὄργυια» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • fathom idem, page 310.
  • pace idem, page 588.