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|Definition=Dor. [[μᾶκος]] Archyt.1: εος, τό:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[length]], of a club, τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος so [[large]] was it [[in length]], so large in [[thickness]], Od. 9.324; [[φιλότης]] ἴση μῆκος 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 μῆκος [[ἔκτασις]] Id.HA504a15, al.; κατὰ μῆκος Id.Mete.387a2; μῆκος 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 μήκη = [[great]] [[length]]s, Pl.Prt.356d.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[height]], of a [[wall]], Ar.Av.1130; of persons, [[stature]], Od.20.71; [[μῆκος]] [[in height]], 11.312; εἰς μῆκος [[αὐξάνεσθαι]] X.Lac.2.6.<br><span class="bld">c</span> 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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[time]], μῆκος χρόνου A.Pr.1020; ἐν μήκει χρόνου S.Tr.69; ἐν χρόνου τινὸς μήκεσιν ἀπλέτοις Pl.Lg.683a; μῆκος λόγου, μῆκος 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.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of Size or Degree, [[greatness]], [[magnitude]], ὄλβου Emp. 119; [[μῆκος]] [[in greatness]], ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ S.Ant.393.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[longitude]], Str.1.4.5, Cleom.2.1, Ptol.Alm.2.12, Vett.Val.260.5, etc.<br><span class="bld">5</span> in Prosody, [[length]], opp. [[βραχύτης]], Arist.Po.1456b32, D.H.Comp.15: pl., μήκη καὶ βραχύτητας προσῆπτε Pl.R.400b.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[first line of phalanx]], Ascl.Tact.2.5. (From same Root as [[μακρός]]. Hence [[μήκιστος]], Sup. of [[μακρός]].)