μῆκος

See also: μήκος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *mā́kos, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂ḱos. Cognates include Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬵 (masah), Latin maciēs, and Hittite [script needed] (mak-l-ant-).^[1]

μῆκος • (mêkos) n (genitive μήκους or μήκεος); third declension

Third declension of τὸ μῆκος; τοῦ μήκους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μῆκος tò mêkos	τὼ μήκει tṑ mḗkei	τᾰ̀ μήκη tằ mḗkē
Genitive	τοῦ μήκους toû mḗkous	τοῖν μηκοῖν toîn mēkoîn	τῶν μηκῶν tôn mēkôn
Dative	τῷ μήκει tōî mḗkei	τοῖν μηκοῖν toîn mēkoîn	τοῖς μήκεσῐ / μήκεσῐν toîs mḗkesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μῆκος tò mêkos	τὼ μήκει tṑ mḗkei	τᾰ̀ μήκη tằ mḗkē
Vocative	μῆκος mêkos	μήκει mḗkei	μήκη mḗkē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ μῆκος; τοῦ μήκεος / μήκευς (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μῆκος tò mêkos	τὼ μήκεε / μήκει tṑ mḗkee / mḗkei	τᾰ̀ μήκεᾰ tằ mḗkeă
Genitive	τοῦ μήκεος / μήκευς toû mḗkeos / mḗkeus	τοῖν μηκέοιν toîn mēkéoin	τῶν μηκέων tôn mēkéōn
Dative	τῷ μήκεῐ̈ / μήκει tōî mḗkeĭ̈ / mḗkei	τοῖν μηκέοιν toîn mēkéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν μήκεσῐ / μήκεσῐν toîsĭ(n) mḗkesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ μῆκος tò mêkos	τὼ μήκεε / μήκει tṑ mḗkee / mḗkei	τᾰ̀ μήκεᾰ tằ mḗkeă
Vocative	μῆκος mêkos	μήκεε / μήκει mḗkee / mḗkei	μήκεᾰ mḗkeă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “μῆκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 942

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“μῆκος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
μῆκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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μῆκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- area idem, page 39.
- extent idem, page 296.
- length idem, page 485.
- stretch idem, page 825.
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