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.HA504a15, 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.
b. height, of a wall, Ar.Av.1130; of persons, stature, Od.20.71; μῆκος in height, 11.312; “εἰς μ. αὐξάνεσθαι” X.Lac.2.6.
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.
2. of Time, “μ. χρόνου” A.Pr.1020; “ἐν μ. χρόνου” S.Tr.69; “ἐν χρόνου τινὸς μήκεσιν ἀπλέτοις” Pl.Lg.683a; μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων, a long speech, A.Eu.201, S.OC1139; “ἐν μήκει λόγων διελθεῖν” Th.4.62; μῆκος at length, “εἰπέ μοι μὴ μ., ἀλλὰ σύντομα” S. Ant.446.
3. of Size or Degree, greatness, magnitude, “ὄλβου” Emp. 119; μῆκος in greatness, “ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μ. οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ” S.Ant.393.
5. in Prosody, length, opp. βραχύτης, Arist.Po.1456b32, D.H.Comp.15: pl., “μήκη καὶ βραχύτητας προσῆπτε” Pl.R.400b.