μῆκος,
Doric dialect μᾶκος [[ 4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: εος, τό:— length, of a club, τόσσον ἔην μῆκος, τόσσον πάχος so large was it in length, so large in thickness, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.324; φιλότης ἴση μ. τε πλάτος τε 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.20, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.181, etc.; ἐς μῆκος [prev. author] 2.155; εἰς τὸ μῆκος LXX.Gen.12.6; ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 235d, compare 5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista 3, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 209a5 ] LXX+8th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μῆκος lengthwise, ἐπὶ μ. ἔκτασις [[ [prev. author] “HA” 504a15, +others; κατὰ μῆκος [prev. author] “Mete.” 387a2; μ. ὁδοῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 378, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.72, etc.; πλοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μᾶκος ἔδικε threw a long distance, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).72: _plural_, μήκη καὶ βάθη καὶ πλάτη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 284e, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de communi mathematica scientia” 26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ μεγάλα μ. great lengths, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 356d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b height, of a wall, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1130 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, stature, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.71 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῆκος in height,[[ 11.312; εἰς μ. αὐξάνεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.6. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__c generally, μήκει in linear measurement, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 147d, compare 148a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; linearity, one-dimensional magnitude, opposed to ἐπίπεδον, βάθος, [[ [prev. author] “Lg.” 817e ] Refs]: in Arith., in the first power, [[ Theol.Ar. 3,4. ] Refs]