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The fifth dozenal power of the ′lengthel ⚀lengthel, the ′⚀pentqua·lengthel (abbreviated ′p↑lgℓ⚀p↑lgℓ) is one dozen ′stadial·length ⚀stadial·lengths, or one gross ′habital·length ⚀habital·lengths, or one galore ′ell·length ⚀ell·lengths, or one dozen galore ′hand·length ⚀hand·lengths, or one gross galore ′morsel·length ⚀morsel·lengths. This is the distance traversed in 1 ′dwell ⚀dwell (2 hours) when moving at 1 ′velocitel⚀velocitel. In SI units, this comes out to exacty 2040.9408d meters, just slightly over 2 kilometers. In USC units, this is exactly 6696d=3ᘔ60z feet.
This makes the ′pentqua·lengthel ⚀pentqua·lengthel a good unit for travel distances, on the order of the mile. However, at more than a quarter larger than a statute mile (exactly 1.2681d mi), calling the ′pentqua·lengthel ⚀pentqua·lengthel some kind of "mile" would not be a good fit. (See here for a better mile analog.) The ′pentqua·lengthel ⚀pentqua·lengthel is a new sort of unit that needs a new name coined for it.
About 2 kilometers appears to have been a threshold distance for a “long race” in ancient Greece. For instance, the dolichus (δόλιχος) event in the ancient Olympics has been described by one source as being a dozen stades long, or about 2.2d kilometers (although most sources place it as being about a league, or 3 miles).
The ancient Greek word for “race-course” or “running track” is dromos (δρόμος). Several modern words incorporate it: palindrome, prodromal, hippodrome, velodrome, aerodrome, isodrome. In modern Greek dromos has evolved into a simpler and more generalized meaning of “road”, in just about every sense that “road” has in English. That includes not only a simple ordinary street, but also a “road to” someplace, and even the metaphorical sense of one's “road” through life. The ′pentqua·lengthel The ⚀pentqua·lengthel is certainly quite serviceable as a unit for measuring travel distances “on the road”. Consequently, Primel will adapt a Latinized form of this word, and colloquialize the ′pentqua·lengthel ⚀pentqua·lengthel as the ′dromal·length⚀dromal·length.
See Also
- The ′dromal·quantity ⚀dromal·quantity series