μέτρησις
From LSJ
τάλαιναι κόραι Φαέθοντος οἴκτῳ δακρύων τὰς ἠλεκτροφαεῖς αὐγάς → girls, in grief for Phaethon, drop the amber radiance of their tears
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A measurement, χώρης Hdt.4.99, cf. X. Mem.4.7.2, Pl.Plt.285a, etc.: pl., Id.Lg.819c. 2 measuring out, dole of corn, SIG976.58 (Samos, ii B. C.); delivery in kind, PAmh.2.87.21 (ii A. D.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 162] ἡ, das Messen, Maaß; Plat. Polit. 285 a, u. im plur., Legg. VII, 819 c; Xen. Mem. 4, 7, 2; Plut. u. a. Sp.
