מָדַד

From LSJ

Τίμα τὸ γῆρας, οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται μόνον → Metue senectam: quippe comitata advenit → Das Alter achte, denn alleine kommt es nicht

Menander, Monostichoi, 491

English (Strong)

a primitive root: properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended: measure, mete, stretch self.