Palmipes
Palmipes i.e. pes et palmus, a Roman measure of length, equal to a foot and a palm; or a foot and a quarter, or 15 inches, or 20 digits. (Plin. Nat. 17.32; Vitr. 5.6.) [MENSURA]:
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