measurement
From LSJ
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
act of measuring: P. μέτρησις, ἡ.
measure: P. and V. μέτρον, τό.
thus they got the measurement for their ladders: P. τὴν συμμέτρησιν… τῶν κλιμάκων οὕτως ἔλαβον (Thuc. 3, 20).
