Cubit - cubit

Japanese: キュビト - きゅびと
Cubit - cubit

…Another Latin word for elbow, cubitum, is related to English cubit, French cubitus, and Italian cubito, and originally referred to the length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger in ancient Egyptian and Hebrew, and was also a measure of length. It appears in the Bible as a cubit, and is known as the "ordinary cubit" (45 cm) and the "sacred cubit" (52 cm). It goes without saying that restraining the elbow disrupts the movement of the powerful shoulder muscles, as seen in the example of Nie Zizhen, who served Duke Ai of Lu, who "restrained" Ai's aide to write poorly and made the Duke realize the folly of interfering in Nie's politics (Lüshi Chunqiu). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "cubit" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…肘をあらわすもう一つのラテン語cubitumは英語cubit,フランス語cubitus,イタリア語cubitoに連なるが,これも元来古代エジプト語やヘブライ語で肘から中指の先端までを指し,併せてその長さを表す尺度だった。聖書にはキュビトとしてみえ,〈普通のキュビト〉(45cm)と〈神聖キュビト〉(52cm)などが知られている。 魯の哀公に仕えた宓子賤(ふくしせん)が哀公の側近を〈掣肘(せいちゆう)〉して拙い字を書かせ,宓の政治に容喙(ようかい)することの愚を公に悟らせた(《呂氏春秋》)ように,肘を抑えれば強力な肩の筋群の動きを乱せることは梃子(てこ)の原理をひくまでもない。…

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