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μέτρον, τό,1 measure, rule,μέτρ' ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες Il.12.422
;ἐν μέτροισι ταμὼν δόνακας h.Merc.47
; πάντ' ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. εἶναι is a measure of all things, Pl.Tht. 183c, cf. Protag. ap. Arist.Metaph. 1053a36;μ. αὐτῷ οὐχ ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλ' ὁ νόμος X.Cyr.1.3.18
.b Math., measure, divisor, Eratosth. ap. Nicom.Ar.1.13, etc.2 measure of content, whether solid or liquid,δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μ. Il.7.471
;εἴκοσι δ' ἔστω μ... ἀλφίτου Od.2.355
;ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μ. χεῦε 9.209
, cf. Il.23.268, 741, Hes.Op. 350, 600, etc.; at Samos, of the μέδιμνος, SIG976.55 (ii B.C.); in Egypt, of theἀρτάβη, μ. δοχικόν PTeb.11.6
(ii B.C.); also of smaller units, as μ. ἑξαχοίνικον ib.105.40 (ii B.C.); μέτροις καὶ σταθμοῖς by measure and weight, Decr. ap. And.1.83; in the widest sense, either weight or measure,Φείδωνος τοῦ τὰ μ. ποιήσαντος Πελοποννησίοισι Hdt.6.127
; μ. οἰνηρά, σιτηρά, Arist.EN 1135a2;Κιλικίῳ μ. μετρεῖν OGI579.2
([place name] Cilicia).3 any space measured or measurable, length, size, in pl., dimensions, μέτρα κελεύθου the length of the way, Od.4.389;μέτρα θαλάσσης Hes.Op. 648
, Orac. ap. Hdt.1.47; μορφῆς μέτρα bodily dimensions, E.Alc. 1063; τὰ μ. τοῦ λίθου its distances from a given point in given directions, its position, Hdt.2.121.ά, cf. Pl.Lg. 843e, Plu.Sol.23;ἄστρων μέτρα S.Fr.432.8
;ἀπέχει.. θαλάσσης μέτρον ἑξήκοντα σταδίους Th.8.95
; τῷ Ἴστρῳ ἐκ τῶν ἴσων μ. ὁρμᾶται [ὁ Νεῖλος] starts from the same distances as (i.e. the position corresponding to the source of) the Ister, Hdt.2.33;εἰδέναι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν μέτρῳ καὶ τόπῳ X.Cyr.8.5.3
;ἐντὸς τῶν μ. τετμημένον μέταλλον Hyp.Eux.35
; later of Time, duration,μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια APl.4.333
(Antiphil.); ἐτέων μέτρα, ὡράων μέτρον, AP7.334,9.481; μέτρα ἐνιαυτῶν, νυκτός, Arat.464.731;χρονικὰ μ. Simp.
in de An.299.37.b limit, goal, ὅρμου μ. the goal which is the mooring-place, Od.13.101; ἥβης μ. ἱκέσθαι the term which is puberty, Il.11.225, Hes. Op. 132; but, ἥβης μ. ἔχειν full measure of youthful vigour, ib. 438, Thgn.1119;σοφίης, γνωμοσύνης μ. Sol.13.52
, 16.2.4 due measure or limit, proportion,μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι Hes.Op. 694
;χρὴ κατ' αὐτὸν παντὸς ὁρᾶν μέτρον Pi.P.2.34
;μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων Id.I.6(5).71
;κατὰ μέτρον Hes.Op. 720
;πίνειν ὑπὲρ μέτρον Thgn.498
;προστιθεὶς μ. A.Ch. 797
(lyr.); τί μ. κακότατος ἔφυ; S.El. 236 (lyr.); μ. ἔχει have a moderating power, Pl.Lg. 836a;πλέον πίνειν τοῦ μέτρου Id.R. 621a
;μ. ἔχειν Id.Lg. 957a
; μέτρῳ, = μετρίως, καταβαίνειν Pi.P.8.78;οὐδεὶς τῷ μ. τὸ πίνειν ἔστεργε Alciphr. 3.32
.5 τίς ἱππείοις ἐν ἔντεσσιν μέτρα.. ἐπέθηκ' checks, i.e. bits, Pi.O.13.20.II metre, Ar.Nu. 638, 641, etc.; opp. μέλος (music) and ῥυθμός (time), Pl.Grg. 502c, etc.; λόγους ψιλοὺς εἰς μέτρα τιθέντες putting into verse, Id.Lg. 669d;τὰ ἐν μέτρῳ πεποιημένα ἔπη X.Mem. 1.2.21
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I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, Hdt.2.32; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, Id.1.178; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, Diocl.Fr.140; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, Pl.Prt. 338b; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, Id.R. 460e.II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., X. Cyr.2.4.14.III mostly of Degree, moderate, ;μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου A.Supp. 1059
(lyr.);μ. χάρις E.IA 554
(lyr.);σῖτος -ώτατος X.Lac.1.3
; τὸ μ. the mean, S.OC 1212 (lyr.), cf. Pl.Lg. 719e, Plt. 284e;ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον Arist.Pol. 1295b4
;περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. X.Mem.3.13.5
;πέρα τοῦ μ. Thphr.CP6.1.4
;ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. Plu.2.656f
;τὰ μ. E.Med. 125
(anap.);εἴη γ' ἐμοὶ μέτρια Id. Ion 632
;τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι X.Mem.2.6.22
;μ. καὶ δίκαια Ar.Nu. 1137
; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, E.Hipp. 253 (anap.);μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων.. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον Id.Fr. 503
(anap.); μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, Th.1.6; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, Id.4.30;βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος Pl.R. 466b
; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, Id.Grg. 511e;μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι Arist.Pol. 1292b26
; οἱ μ. respectable people, D.18.10; later, poor,μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς POxy.120.7
(iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, Pl.Phd. 117b.2 tolerable,οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών S.Ph. 179
(lyr.);ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ' ἀμήχανον ἄλγος Id.El. 140
(lyr.);μ. ἄχθος E.Alc. 884
(anap.); ; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν ib. 688; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, Hdt.4.84;τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων Lys.9.4
; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decr. ap. D.18.165;ἐπὶ μετρίοις Th.4.22
; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, Pl.Tht. 181b; - ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, Arist.Pol. 1289b4, cf. Men.532.17 ([comp] Sup.).3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like , temperate, Ar.Pl. 245; -ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Th.6.89
;μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Pl.Lg. 816b
;σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ' ἡμέραν δίαιταν Aeschin.3.170
;ἐν τῷ σίτῳ X.Cyr.5.2.17
; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (sc. Ἀφροδίτης) (lyr.), cf. Fr. 967 (lyr.);εἰ δ' ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ' ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας Id.Hel. 1105
; also, moderate, fair, Thgn.615, Pl.R. 396c, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states,μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος D.21.185
; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν ib.134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους mild towards.., Th.1.77.B Adv. μετρίως moderately, within due limits,ἀπηγήσεσθαι Hdt.2.161
; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating,εἰπεῖν Th.2.35
; ;μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες Isoc.12.171
; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, Pl.Tht. 191d; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, Hdt.1.32;μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν Pl.Euthd. 305d
: [comp] Comp. μετριώτερον (infr. 3), also - ωτέρως Arist.HA 587a1: [comp] Sup. - ώτατα Th.6.88, etc.2 enough,μ. κεχόρευται Ar.Nu. 1511
(anap.);μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα Id.Ec. 969
; moderately, pretty well,ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ Pl.Lg. 936b
;σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. D.6.19
; μ. [λέγειν] Men.Pk. 262;ἀποδέξασθαι μ. Pl. Tht. 161b
.3 modestly, temperately, , cf. HF 709;ἀποκρίνασθαι X.An.2.3.20
;μ. βεβιωκώς Lys. 16.3
(but μ. διάγειν to be moderately off, X.Hier.1.8);πενθεῖν μ. Antiph.53.1
;φέρειν Plb.3.85.9
; on fair terms,μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι Th.4.19
, cf. 20: [comp] Comp. - ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν X.Cyr.4.3.7
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to be in 'middling' health,PLips.
108.6 (ii/iii A. D.).II neut. μέτριον and μέτρια as Adv.,μέτριον ἔχειν Pl.Lg. 846c
(sed leg. μέτρον); μέτρια βασανισθείς Id.Sph. 237b
: also with Art.,τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι X.Cyr.2.4.26
;τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι Th.4.19
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μέτρον (-ον, -ῳ, -ον; -α acc.)a due measure (in) c. gen.ἕπεται δ' ἐν ἑκάστῳ μέτρον O. 13.48
χρὴ δὲ κατ' αὐτὸν αἰεὶ παντὸς ὁρᾶν μέτρον P. 2.34
δαίμων δὲ παρίσχει, ἄλλοτ' ἄλλον ὕπερθε βάλλων, ἄλλον δ ὑπὸ χειρῶν μέτρῳ καταβαίνει ( reduces to moderation: post χειρῶν distinxit Bergk, v. l. μέτρον) P. 8.78κερδέων δὲ χρὴ μέτρον θηρευέμεν N. 11.47
ἀγαπᾶται, μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων (τὰ προσήκοντα Σ. cf. Herakleitos, B 30 D—K, but v. κατέχω) I. 6.71 πρίν τις εὐθυμίᾳ σκιαζέτω νόημ' ἄκοτον ἐπὶ μέτρα (μετρίως Σ.) Pae. 1.3b measure of timea compass, spaceὁ γὰρ καιρὸς πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει P. 4.286
πάντα δ' ἐξειπεῖν ἀφαιρεῖται βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχων ὕμνος I. 1.62
II (musical, metrical) measure.ἰὴ ἰῆτε νῦν μέτρα παιηόνων ἰῆτε νέοι Pae. 6.121
c measure of distance. ἐξεπόνησ' ἐπιτακτὸν ἀνὴρ μέτρον sc. Jason, while ploughing with the oxen of Aietes P. 4.237d curb, bridle τίς γὰρ ἱππείοις ἐν ἔντεσσιν μέτρα ἐπέθηκ; ( τὰ ἵππεια μέτρα τοῦ χαλινοῦ Σ, a ref. to the cult of Ἀθηνᾶ Χαλινῖτις at Korinth) O. 13.20 -
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καιρός, ὁ,A due measure, proportion, fitness (not in Hom.), καιρὸς δ' ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἄριστος (which became a prov.) Hes.Op. 694, Thgn. 401;κ. παντὸς ἔχει κορυφάν Pi.P.9.78
;κ. Χάριτος A.Ag. 787
(anap.) (cf.ὑποκάμπτω 11
); εἰ ὁ κ. ἦν σαφής the distinction, the point, E.Hipp. 386; ἡ ἀπορία ἔχει τινὰ κ. has some point or importance, Arist. Metaph. 1043b25; καιροῦ πέρα beyond measure, unduly, A.Pr. 507;μείζων τοῦ κ. γαστήρ X.Smp.2.19
;καιροῦ μεῖζον E.Fr. 626
codd.; προσωτέρω or πορρωτέρω τοῦ κ., X.An.4.3.34, HG7.5.13; ὀξύτερα τοῦ κ. Pl.Plt. 307b; νωθεστέρα τοῦ κ. ib. 310e; ὑπερβάλλων τῇ φιλοτιμίᾳ τὸν κ. Plu.Ages.8, cf. Hp.Loc.Hom.44.II of Place, vital part of the body (cf.καίριος 1
),ἐς καιρὸν τυπείς E.Andr. 1120
.III more freq. of Time, exact or critical time, season, opportunity, Χρόνου κ. S.El. 1292: usu. alone, κ. [ ἐστιν] ἐν ᾧ Χρόνος οὐ πολὺς κτλ. Hp. Praec.<*>, cf. Chrysipp. et Archig. ap. Daremberg Notices etextr. des MSS. médicaux 1p.200;κ. ὀξύς Hp.Aph.1.1
; κ. πρὸς ἀνθρώπων βραχὺ μέτρον ἔχει 'time and tide wait for no man', Pi.P.4.286; κ. ὄλβου, = καίριος ὄλβος, Id.N.7.58; δηλοῦν, ὅ τι περ δύναται κ. Ar.Ec. 576 codd. (sed leg. δύνασαι) ; τίνα κ. τοῦ παρόντος βελτίω ζητεῖτε; D.3.16; κ. δόσιος for giving, Hp.Acut.20; κ. τοῦ ποτισμοῦ, τῆς τρύγης, BGU1003.12 (iii B. C.), PStrassb.1.8 (V A. D.);τὰ ἐκ τοῦ κ. προγινόμενα Plb.6.32.3
; καιρὸν παριέναι to let the time go by, Th.4.27 (so in pl.,τοὺς κ. παριέναι Pl.R. 374c
;τοὺς κ. ὑφαιρεῖσθαι Aeschin.3.66
);κ. τῶν πραγμάτων τοῖς ἐναντίοις καθυφιέναι καὶ προδοῦναι D.19.6
; καιροῦ ([etym.] τοῦ κ.) , Pl.Lg. 687a, Men.Mon. 281;καιρὸν εἰληφέναι Lys.13.6
(butκαιρὸς ἐλάμβανε Th.2.34
; cf.καιροῦ διδόντος Lib.Or.45.7
);καιροῦ λαβέσθαι Luc.Tim.13
;καιρὸν ἁρπάσαι Plu.Phil.15
;κ. τηρεῖν Arist.Rh. 1382b11
;καιρῷ Χρήσασθαι Plu.Pyrrh.7
; καιρῷ Χειμῶνος ξυλλαβέσθαι co-operate with the occurrence of a storm, Pl.Lg. 709c; ἔχει κ. τι it happens in season, Th.1.42, etc.; κ. ἔχειν τοῦ εὖ οἰκεῖν to be the chief cause of.., Pl.R. 421a;ὑμέας καιρός ἐστι προβοηθῆσαι Hdt.8.144
, cf. A.Pr. 523, etc.;νῦν κ. ἔρδειν S.El. 1368
: sts. c. Art.,ἀλλ' ἔσθ' ὁ κ... ξένους.. τυγχάνειν τὰ πρόσφορα A.Ch. 710
;ὁ κ. ἐστι μὴ μέλλειν ἔτι Ar. Th. 661
, cf.Pl. 255.b adverbial phrases, ἐς καιρόν in season, Hdt. 7.144, E.Tr. 744, etc.;ἐς κ. ἐπείγεσθαι Hdt.4.139
; ἐς αὐτὸν κ. S.Aj. 1168; εἰς δέοντα κ. Men.Sam. 294; , Th.4.59, etc.;ἐν κ. τινί Pl.Cri. 44a
;ἐπὶ καιροῦ D.19.258
, 20.90, etc.;κατὰ καιρόν Pi.I.2.22
;ὥς οἱ κατὰ κ. ἦν Hdt.1.30
(but also οἱ κατὰ κ. ἡγεμόνες in office at the time, BGU15.10 (ii A. D.), etc.); παρὰ τῷ ἐντυχόντι αἰεὶ καὶ λόγου καὶ ἔργου κ. Th.2.43;πρὸς καιρόν S.Aj.38
, Tr.59, etc.;σὺν καιρῷ Plb.2.38.7
: without Preps., ; καιρόν, abs., S.Aj.34, E.Fr.495.9 (in [comp] Comp. form καιρότερον, Achae.49); κ. γὰρ οὐδὲν ἦλθες E Hel.479; opp. ἀπὸ καιροῦ out of season, Pl.Tht. 187e;ἄνευ καιροῦ Id.Ep. 339d
;παρὰ καιρόν Pi.O.8.24
, E.IA8co (lyr.), Pl. Plt. 277a; πρὸ καιροῦ prematurely, A.Ag. 365 (anap.); ἐπὶ καιροῦ also means on the spur of the moment,ἐπὶ κ. λέγειν Plu.Dem.8
, cf. Art.5;ἐξενεγκεῖν πόλεμον Id.Ant.6
.2 season, πᾶσιν καιροῖς at all seasons of the year, IG14.1018, cf. LXX Ge.1.14, Ph.1.13, Porph. ap. Eus.PE3.11; κ. ἔτους, later Gr. for [dialect] Att. ὥρα ἔτους, acc. to Moer.424; time of day, Philostr.VA6.14.3 generally, time, period,κατὰ τὸν κ. τοῦτον Plb.27.1.7
; , al.: more freq. in pl., κατὰ τούτους τοὺς κ. Arist.Ath.23.2, al., cf. Plb.2.39.1; τὰ κατὰ καιρούς chronological sequence of events, Id.5.33.5; ἐν τοῖς πάλαι, ἐντοῖς μεταξὺ κ., Phld.Rh.1.28,363 S.4 in pl., οἱ καιροί the times, i. e. the state of affairs, freq. in bad sense, ἐν τοῖς μεγίστοις κ. at the most critical times, X.HG6.5.33, cf. D.20.44;περιστάντων τῇ πόλει κ. δυσκόλων IG22.682.33
, etc.: also in sg., X.An.3.1.44, D.17.9; ὁ ἔσχατος κ. extreme danger, Plb.29.27.12, etc.;καιρῷ δουλεύειν AP9.441
(Pall.).IV advantage, profit, τινος of or from a thing, Pi.O.2.54, P.1.57; εἴ τοι ἐς κ. ἔσται ταῦτα τελεόμενα to his advantage, Hdt.1.206; ἐπὶ σῷ κ. S.Ph. 151 (lyr.); τίνα κ. με διδάσκεις; A.Supp. 1060 (lyr.); τί σοι καιρὸς.. καταλείβειν; what avails it..? E.Andr. 131 (lyr.); τίνος εἵνεκα καιροῦ; D.23.182; οὗ κ. εἴη where it was convenient or advantageous, Th.4.54; ᾗ κ. ἦν ib.90; Χωρίον μετὰ μεγίστων κ. οἰκειοῦταί τε καὶ πολεμοῦται with the greatest odds, the most critical results, Id.1.36.V Pythag. name for seven, Theol.Ar. 44. -
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ἔμμετρ-ος, ον,A in measure, proportioned, opp. ἄμετρος, Id.R. 486d, Lg. 716c, al.; τὸ ἔ. due measure, proportion, Id.Phlb. 26a, cf. 52d; πολιτεῖαι ἔ. well-balanced, title of work by Critias, Phlp.in de An.89.12. Adv. -τρως, πρός τι proportionably to.., Pl.Plt. 282e.2 fitting, suitable, ; θεοῖσι ἀναθήματα χρεὼν ἔμμετρα τὸν μέτριον ἄνδρα.. δωρεῖσθαι ib. 955e. Adv. , M.Ant.1.16: [comp] Sup.ἐμμετρώτατα Pl.R. 474d
; also , prob. in Aristaenet.1.18.3 of persons, ἐμμετρότατος (v.l. -ώτατος) reasonable, moderate, Pl.Lg. 926a; - ότερος (v.l. -ώτερος) Id.Ti. 90e;ἔ. οἰνοχόος Aristaenet.1.3
.II measuring, containing,δέπας ἔ. ὡς τριλάγυνον Stesich.7
.III in metre, metrical, Pl.Smp. 197c, Phdr. 252b, Arist.Rh. 1408b21;ἔμμετρα λέγειν ἢ ἄμετρα Id.Po. 1451b1
, cf. 1450b14; φθόγγος ἔ. Phld.D.3.13; ἔ. ποιηταί poets who use regular metres, i. e. epic and tragic, opp. οἱ τῶν ᾀδομένων, D.60.9. Adv.-τρως, χρησμῳδεῖν Plu.2.623c
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Καιρόςdue measure: masc nom /voc pl
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measure — I. noun Etymology: Middle English mesure, from Anglo French, from Latin mensura, from mensus, past participle of metiri to measure; akin to Old English mǣth measure, Greek metron Date: 13th century 1. a. (1) an adequate or due portion (2) a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
due care — Care according to the circumstances of the case. 38 Am J1st Negl § 29. That degree of care which a man of ordinary prudence would exercise in similar circumstances. Gahagan v Boston & Maine Railroad, 70 NH 441, 50 A 146. As the term appears in an … Ballentine's law dictionary
measure — I. n. 1. Standard (of measurement). 2. Rule, gauge. 3. Extent. 4. Limit, determined length. 5. Allotment, share, due proportion. 6. Moderation, just degree. 7. Degree, indefinite quantity … New dictionary of synonyms