μῆκος,
Doric dialect μᾶκος [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: εος, τό:—
length, of a club, τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος so large was it
in length, so large in thickness, [
LXX+8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μῆκος
lengthwise, ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μᾶκος ἔδικε threw
a long distance, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μεγάλα μ. great
lengths, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
b)
height, of a wall, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons,
stature, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆκος
in height,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
c) generally, μήκει
in linear measurement, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
linearity, one-dimensional magnitude, opposed to ἐπίπεδον, βάθος, [
Refs]: in Arith,
in the first power, [
Refs]
2) of Time, μ. χρόνου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων, a
long speech, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆκος
at length, εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ, ἀλλὰ σύντομα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) of Size or Degree,
greatness, magnitude, ὄλβου [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῆκος
in greatness, ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4)
longitude, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
5) in Prosody,
length, opposed to βραχύτης, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
6)
first line of phalanx, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]