measurement
From LSJ
ὁ χρόνος ἐστὶ δάνος, τὸ ζῆν πικρός ἐσθ' ὁ δανίσας → time is a loan, and he who lent you life is a hard creditor | time is on loan and life's lender is a prick
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).
