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  • 1 measure

    ['meʒə] 1. noun
    1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) μέτρο/μεζούρα
    2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) μονάδα μετρήσεως
    3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) σύστημα μετρήσεως
    4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) μέτρο
    5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) μέτρο
    6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) (μουσική)διάστημα
    2. verb
    1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.)
    2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.)
    3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.)
    4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.)
    - beyond measure
    - for good measure
    - full measure
    - made to measure
    - measure out
    - measure up

    English-Greek dictionary > measure

  • 2 Weigh

    v. trans.
    Weigh in the scales: Ar. and P. ἱστναι.
    Weigh one set of pleasures against another: P. ἡδέα πρὸς ἡδέα ἱστάναι (Plat., Prot. 356B).
    Let him repeat another sentence and weigh it against mine: Ar. ἀλλʼ ἕτερον εἰπάτω τι κἀντιστησάτω (Ran. 1389).
    Casting eyes on two and weighing them in his hands: V. δισσούς γʼ ἀθρήσας κἀπιβαστάσας χεροῖν (Eur., Cycl. 379).
    Generally, measure: P. and V. μετρεῖν, σταθμᾶσθαι, συμμετρεῖσθαι; see Measure.
    Examine: P. and V. ἐξετάζειν, σκοπεῖν, διασκοπεῖν; see Examine.
    Ponder on: P. and V. ἐνθυμεῖσθαι (acc.), λογίζεσθαι (acc.); see under Ponder.
    Compare: P. and V. εἰκάζειν, πεικάζειν, ἀντιτιθέναι; see Compare.
    V. intrans.
    Have a certain weight: P. ἔχειν σταθμόν.
    To weigh forty talents: P. ἔχειν τεσσαράκοντα τάλαντα σταθμόν (Thuc. 2, 13).
    Weigh a mina: P. ἄγειν μνᾶν (Dem. 617).
    Have weight, influence: P. and V. ῥοπὴν ἔχειν, δύναμιν ἔχειν (Eur., Phoen. 440).
    When they have seen that all else has weighed less with you than the law: P. πάντα τἄλλα παρʼ ὑμῖν ἑορακότες ἀσθενέστερα τοῦ νόμου γεγενημένα.
    Weigh down, v. trans.; P. βαρύνειν, V. καταρρέπειν, βρθειν (Æsch., Pers. 346).
    Be weighed down: P. and V. ῥέπειν, βρθειν (or pass.) (also Plat., Phaedrus, 247B, but rare P.).
    met., oppress: P. and V. πιέζειν; see Oppress, Trouble.
    Weigh upon, trouble the mind, met.: P. and V. ἐνθμιος εἶναι (dat.); see Trouble.
    Be weighted with: V. βρθειν (or pass.) (dat.).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Weigh

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