μῆκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[μᾶκος]] <span class="bibl">Archyt.1</span>: εος, τό:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[length]], of a club, <b class="b3">τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος</b> so large was it [[in length]], so large in thickness, <span class="bibl">Od. 9.324</span>; φιλότης ἴση μ. τε πλάτος τε <span class="bibl">Emp.17.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.181</span>, etc.; ἐς μῆκος <span class="bibl">Id.2.155</span>; εἰς τὸ μῆκος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>12.6</span>; ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>235d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Gorg.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>209a5</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μῆκος</b> [[lengthwise]], ἐπὶ μ. [[ἔκτασις]] <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>504a15</span>, al.; κατὰ μῆκος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>387a2</span>; μῆκος ὁδοῦ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 378</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.72</span>, etc.; πλοῦ <span class="bibl">Th.6.34</span>; <b class="b3">μᾶκος ἔδικε</b> threw a [[long distance]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).72</span>: pl., μήκη καὶ βάθη καὶ πλάτη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>284e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">Comm.Math.</span>26</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μεγάλα μ</b>. [[great]] [[lengths]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>356d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[height]], of a [[wall]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1130</span>; of persons, [[stature]], <span class="bibl">Od.20.71</span>; [[μῆκος]] [[in height]], <span class="bibl">11.312</span>; εἰς μ. αὐξάνεσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>2.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> generally, [[μήκει]] = [[in linear measurement]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>147d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">148a</span>; [[linearity]], [[one-dimensional magnitude]], opp. [[ἐπίπεδον]], [[βάθος]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lg.</span>817e</span>: in Arith., [[in the first power]], Theol.Ar.3,4. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], μ. χρόνου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1020</span>; ἐν μ. χρόνου <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>69</span>; ἐν χρόνου τινὸς μήκεσιν ἀπλέτοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>683a</span>; <b class="b3">μῆκος λόγου, μῆκος τῶν λόγων</b>, a [[long]] [[speech]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>201</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1139</span>; ἐν μήκει λόγων διελθεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.4.62</span>; [[μῆκος]] [[at length]], εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ., ἀλλὰ σύντομα <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Ant.</span>446</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of Size or Degree, [[greatness]], [[magnitude]], ὄλβου <span class="bibl">Emp. 119</span>; [[μῆκος]] [[in greatness]], ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>393</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[longitude]], <span class="bibl">Str.1.4.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.1</span>, Ptol.<span class="title">Alm.</span>2.12, <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.260.5</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> in Prosody, [[length]], opp. [[βραχύτης]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1456b32</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>15</span>: pl., μήκη καὶ βραχύτητας προσῆπτε <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>400b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[first line of phalanx]], Ascl.<span class="title">Tact.</span>2.5. (From same Root as [[μακρός]]. Hence [[μήκιστος]], Sup. of [[μακρός]].)</span>