μῆκος
Etym. μακρός
I. "length", Od.; ἐν μήκει καὶ πλάτει καὶ βάθει Plat.; μ. ὁδοῦ Hdt.; πλοῦ Thuc.: —in pl., τὰ μέγαλα μ. great "distances", Plat.
b. of persons, "height, tallness, stature", Od.
2. of Time, Aesch., etc.:—also μ. λόγου, μ. τῶν λόγων a "long" speech, id=Aesch.; ἐν μήκει λόγων Thuc.
II. τὸ μῆκος or μῆκος absol. as adv. "in length", Hdt., etc.:— "at length, in full", οὐ μῆκος ἀλλὰ σύντομα Soph.
2. μῆκος "in height", Od.