Lewis Short
dīmensĭo (noun F) : dimetior
* A measuring.
* Prop.: quadrati,Cic. Tusc. 1, 24, 57.
* Transf., the axis of the earth, Hygin. Astr. 1, 3.
* Extent, dimensions, in gen., Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 36; 2, 2, 3 al.—So plur. Amm. 23, 6, 11.
* Trop.: vocum,Quint. 9, 4, 45: versuum,id. 48; cf. id. 52 and 85.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary