Lexical Definition

‎ὀργυιά‎ orguiá (org-wee-ah') a fathom ^G:N-F
from ‎ὀρέγομαι‎

fathom.

• a stretch of the arms, i.e. a fathom

Abbott-Smith

* ὀργυιά, -ᾶς, ἡ (< ὀρέγω),
the length of the outstretched arms, a fathom: Ac 27:28.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὀργυιά,

Attic dialect ὄργυᾰ, ᾶς, [Refs]; Ionic dialect ὀργυιά, ῆς, ἡ (see. below): (ὀρέγω):— the length of the outstretched arms, about 6 feet or I fathom, ἕστηκε ξύλον.. ὅσον τ᾽ ὄργυι᾽ ὑπὲρ αἴης [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 more precisely, αἱ ἑκατὸν ὀργυιαὶ δίκαιαί εἰσι στάδιον ἑξάπλεθρον, ἑξαπέδου τῆς ὀργυιῆς μετρεομένης καὶ τετραπήχεος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 rod for measuring land, = [Refs 2nd c.BC+] “*Geometry texts” 4.11:—poetry also ὀρόγυια (which see): in compounds -ωρυγ-, see at {δεκ-ώρυγος}. (Proparox. in nominative and accusative singular, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Ionic dialect the nominative and accusative singular end in -ᾰ, -ᾰν, as in Attic dialect, [Refs 8th c.BC+] before consonant in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀργυιά, -άν in late Gr., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]