ἀδικία ἕξις ὑπεροπτικὴ νόμων → injustice: the state of despising the laws
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).