μῆκος

μῆκος, [dialect] Dor. [full] μᾶκος Archyt.1: εος, τό:—

A length, of a club, τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος so large was it in length, so large in thickness, Od. 9.324;

φιλότης ἴση μ. τε πλάτος τε Emp.17.20

, cf. Hdt.1.181, etc.;

ἐς μῆκος Id.2.155

;

εἰς τὸ μῆκος LXX Ge.12.6

;

ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει Pl.Sph.235d

, cf. Gorg.3, Arist.Ph.209a5; ἐπὶ μῆκος lengthwise,

ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις Id.HA504a15

, al.;

κατὰ μῆκος Id.Mete.387a2

;

μ. ὁδοῦ A.Fr. 378

, Hdt.1.72, etc.;

πλοῦ Th.6.34

; μᾶκος ἔδικε threw a long distance, Pi.O.10(11).72: pl.,

μήκη καὶ βάθη καὶ πλάτη Pl.Plt.284e

, cf. Iamb.Comm.Math.26; τὰ μεγάλα μ. great lengths, Pl.Prt.356d.

b height, of a wall, Ar.Av.1130; of persons, stature, Od.20.71; μῆκος in height, 11.312;

εἰς μ. αὐξάνεσθαι X.Lac.2.6

.

c generally, μήκει in linear measurement, Pl.Tht.147d, cf. 148a; linearity, one-dimensional magnitude, opp. ἐπίπεδον, βάθος, Id.Lg.817e: in Arith., in the first power, Theol.Ar.3,4.

2 of Time,

μ. χρόνου A.Pr.1020

;

ἐν μ. χρόνου S.Tr.69

;

ἐν χρόνου τινὸς μήκεσιν ἀπλέτοις Pl.Lg.683a

; μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων, a long speech, A.Eu.201, S.OC1139;

ἐν μήκει λόγων διελθεῖν Th.4.62

; μῆκος at length,

εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ., ἀλλὰ σύντομα S. Ant.446

.

3 of Size or Degree, greatness, magnitude,

ὄλβου Emp. 119

; μῆκος in greatness,

ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ S.Ant.393

.

4 longitude, Str.1.4.5, Cleom.2.1, Ptol.Alm.2.12, Vett.Val.260.5, etc.

5 in Prosody, length, opp. βραχύτης, Arist.Po.1456b32, D.H.Comp.15: pl.,

μήκη καὶ βραχύτητας προσῆπτε Pl.R.400b

.

6 first line of phalanx, Ascl.Tact.2.5. (From same Root as μακρός. Hence μήκιστος, [comp] Sup. of μακρός.)