.2. generally, account, reckoning, μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λ.
..... excels the whole account, i.e. is best of all, S.OC 1225 (lyr.);
......δόντας λ. τῶν ἐποίησαν accounting for, i.e. paying the penalty
.......for their doings, Hdt.8.100; “λ. αἰτεῖν” Pl.Plt.285e; “λ. δοῦναι
.......καὶ δέξασθαι” Id.Prt.336c, al.; “λαμβάνειν λ. καὶ ἐλέγχειν”
.......Id.Men.75d; “παρασχεῖν τῶν εἰρημένων λ.” Id.R.344d;
.......“λ. ἀπαιτεῖν” D.30.15, cf. Arist. EN1104a3;
.......λ. ἡ ἐπιστήμη, πολλὰ δὲ ὁ λ. the account is manifold, Plot.6.9.4;
.......ἔχων λόγον τοῦ διὰ τί an account of the cause, Arist.APo.
.......74b27; ἐς λ. τινός on account of, “ἐς χρημάτων λ.” Th.3.46;
....... λόγῳ c. gen., by way of, Cod.Just.3.2.5. al.; κατὰ λόγον τοῦ
.......μεγέθους if we take into account his size, Arist.HA517b27;

3. measure, tale (cf. infr. 11.1), “θάλασσα . . μετρέεται ἐς τὸν αὐτὸν
.......λ. ὁκοῖος πρόσθεν” Heraclit.31; “ψυχῆς ἐστι λ. ἑαυτὸν αὔξων”
.......Id.115; ἐς τούτου (sc. γήραος） λ. οὐ πολλοί τινες ἀπικνέονται
.......to the point of old age, Hdt.3.99, cf.7.9.β́; ὁ ξύμπας λ. the full
.......tale, Th.7.56, cf. Ep.Phil.4.15; κοινῷ λ. νομίσαντα common
.......measure, Pl.Lg.746e; sum, total of expenditure, IG42(1).103.
.......151 (Epid., iv B.C.); ὁ τῆς οὐσίας λ., = Lat. patrimonii modus,
.......Cod.Just.1.5.12.20.