Etymology

plethron

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Today it means: A former Greek unit of length equal to 100 Greek feet (podes). Full definition →

Ancient Greek πλέθρον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλέθρον
  2. English todayplethron

From Ancient Greek πλέθρον (pléthron).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.