measurement
From LSJ
ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
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).
