μῆκος
μῆκος, Dor.
μᾶκος Archyt. 1 :
εος , τό:—
A). length, of a club,
τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος so large was it
in length, so large in thickness,
Od. 9.324 ;
φιλότης ἴση μ. τε πλάτος τε Emp. 17.20 , cf.
Hdt. 1.181 , etc.;
ἐς μῆκος Id. 2.155 ;
εἰς τὸ μῆκος LXX Ge. 12.6 ;
ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει Pl. Sph. 235d , cf.
Gorg. 3 ,
Arist. Ph. 209a5 ;
ἐπὶ μῆκος lengthwise,
ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις Id. HA 504a15 , al.;
κατὰ μῆκος Id. Mete. 387a2 ;
μ. ὁδοῦ A. Fr. 378 ,
Hdt. 1.72 , etc.;
πλοῦ Th. 6.34 ;
μᾶκος ἔδικε threw
a long distance,
Pi. O. 10(11).72 : pl.,
μήκη καὶ βάθη καὶ πλάτη Pl. Plt. 284e , cf.
Iamb. Comm.Math. 26 ;
τὰ μεγάλα μ. great
lengths,
Pl. Prt. 356d .
c). generally,
μήκει in linear measurement,
Pl. Tht. 147d , cf.
148a ;
linearity, one-dimensional magnitude, opp.
ἐπίπεδον, βάθος,
Id. Lg. 817e : in Arith.,
in the first power, Theol.Ar. 3 ,
4 .
3). of Size or Degree,
greatness, magnitude,
ὄλβου Emp. 119 ;
μῆκος in greatness,
ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ S. Ant. 393 .
6). first line of phalanx, Ascl. Tact. 2.5 . (From same Root as μακρός. Hence μήκιστος, Sup. of μακρός.)
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Headword (normalized):
μῆκος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μηκος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μῆκος</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">μᾶκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0620.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0620.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archyt.</span> 1 </a>: <span class="itype greek">εος</span> <span class="foreign greek">, τό</span>:—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">length</span>, of a club, <span class="foreign greek">τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος</span> so large was it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in length</span>, so large in thickness, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:324" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.324/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.324 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φιλότης ἴση μ. τε πλάτος τε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:17:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:17.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 17.20 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:181" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.181/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.181 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἐς μῆκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:155" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.155/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.155 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἰς τὸ μῆκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:12:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg001:12.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ge.</span> 12.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:235d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:235d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 235d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0593.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0593.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gorg.</span> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:209a:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:209a.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 209a5 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ μῆκος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lengthwise</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:504a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:504a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 504a15 </a> , al.; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ μῆκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:387a:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:387a.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 387a2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. ὁδοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:378" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:378/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 378 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.72 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">πλοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.34 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μᾶκος ἔδικε</span> threw <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a long distance</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10(11).72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10(11).72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 10(11).72 </a>: pl., <span class="quote greek">μήκη καὶ βάθη καὶ πλάτη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:284e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:284e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 284e </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg003:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2023.tlg003:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Iamb.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comm.Math.</span> 26 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μεγάλα μ.</span> great <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lengths</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:356d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:356d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 356d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">height</span>, of a wall, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1130" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1130/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1130 </a>; of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stature</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:20:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:20.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 20.71 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μῆκος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in height</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:312" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.312/canonical-url/"> 11.312 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εἰς μ. αὐξάνεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg010:2:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg010:2.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lac.</span> 2.6 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> generally, <span class="foreign greek">μήκει</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in linear measurement</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:147d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:147d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 147d </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:148a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:148a/canonical-url/"> 148a </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">linearity, one-dimensional magnitude</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπίπεδον, βάθος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:817e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:817e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 817e </a>: in Arith., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the first power,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theol.Ar.</span> 3 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 4 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of Time, <span class="quote greek">μ. χρόνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1020" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1020/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1020 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν μ. χρόνου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:69" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:69/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 69 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν χρόνου τινὸς μήκεσιν ἀπλέτοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:683a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:683a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 683a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων</span>, a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">long</span> speech, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:201/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 201 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1139 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν μήκει λόγων διελθεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.62 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μῆκος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">at length</span>, <span class="quote greek">εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ., ἀλλὰ σύντομα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:446" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:446/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 446 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of Size or Degree, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">greatness, magnitude</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὄλβου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1342.tlg001:119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Emp.</span> 119 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μῆκος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in greatness</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:393" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:393/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 393 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">longitude</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:4:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:4:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 1.4.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1272.tlg001:2:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1272.tlg001:2.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cleom.</span> 2.1 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ptol.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alm.</span> 2.12 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:260:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1764.tlg001:260.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Vett.Val.</span> 260.5 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> in Prosody, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">length</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">βραχύτης</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1456b:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg034.perseus-grc1:1456b.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Po.</span> 1456b32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg012:15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.H.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Comp.</span> 15 </a>: pl., <span class="quote greek">μήκη καὶ βραχύτητας προσῆπτε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:400b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:400b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 400b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">first line of phalanx</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ascl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tact.</span> 2.5 </span>. (From same Root as <span class="foreign greek">μακρός</span>. Hence <span class="foreign greek">μήκιστος</span>, Sup. of <span class="foreign greek">μακρός</span>.)</div> </div><br><br>'}