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          "definition": "<i>that by which anything is measured</i>:",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>measure, rule,</i> μέτρʼ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες Il. 12.422; ἐν μέτροισι ταμὼν δόνακας h.Merc. 47; πάντʼ ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. εἶναι is <i>a measure</i> of all things, Pl. Tht. 183c, cf. Protag. ap. Arist. Metaph. 1053a36; μ. αὐτῷ οὐχ ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλʼ ὁ νόμος X. Cyr. 1.3.18.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μέτρʼ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες",
                        "ref": "Il. 12.422",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐν μέτροισι ταμὼν δόνακας",
                        "ref": "h.Merc. 47",
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                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. αὐτῷ οὐχ ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλʼ ὁ νόμος",
                        "ref": "X. Cyr. 1.3.18",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:1.3.perseus-grc2.18"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>measure, divisor,</i> Eratosth. ap. Nicom. Ar. 1.13, etc.",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>measure of content,</i> whether solid or liquid, δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μ. Il. 7.471; εἴκοσι δʼ 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, SIG 976.55 (ii B.C.); in Egypt, of the ἀρτάβη, μ. δοχικόν PTeb. 11.6 (ii B.C.); also of smaller units, as μ. ἑξαχοίνικον ib. 105.40 (ii B.C.); μέτροις καὶ σταθμοῖς <i>by measure</i> and weight, Decr. ap. And. 1.83; in the widest sense, either <i>weight</i> or <i>measure,</i> Φείδωνος τοῦ τὰ μ. ποιήσαντος Πελοποννησίοισι Hdt. 6.127; μ. οἰνηρά, σιτηρά, Arist. EN 1135a2; Κιλικίῳ μ. μετρεῖν OGI 579.2 ( Cilicia).",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μ.",
                        "ref": "Il. 7.471",
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                    },
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἴκοσι δʼ ἔστω μ. . . ἀλφίτου",
                        "ref": "Od. 2.355",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.355"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89957",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μ. χεῦε",
                        "ref": "9.209",
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89958",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀρτάβη, μ. δοχικόν",
                        "ref": "PTeb. 11.6",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:pap,P.Tebt.:11.perseus-grc2.6"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89959",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Φείδωνος τοῦ τὰ μ. ποιήσαντος Πελοποννησίοισι",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 6.127",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.127"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89960",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Κιλικίῳ μ. μετρεῖν",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
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                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>any space measured</i> or <i>measurable, length, size,</i> in pl., <i>dimensions,</i> μέτρα κελεύθου <i>the length</i> of the way, Od. 4.389; μέτρα θαλάσσης Hes. Op. 648, Orac. ap. Hdt. 1.47; μορφῆς μέτρα bodily <i>dimensions,</i> E. Alc. 1063; τὰ μ. τοῦ λίθου its <i>distances</i> from a given point in given directions, its <i>position,</i> Hdt. 2.121.αʹ, 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 <i>distances</i> 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, <i>duration,</i> μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια APl. 16.333 ( Antiphil.); ἐτέων μέτρα, ὡράων μέτρον, AP 7.334, 9.481; μέτρα ἐνιαυτῶν, νυκτός, Arat. 464.731; χρονικὰ μ. Simp. in de An. 299.37.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μέτρα θαλάσσης",
                        "ref": "Hes. Op. 648",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:648"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89962",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἄστρων μέτρα",
                        "ref": "S. Fr. 432.8",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:432.8"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89963",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀπέχει . . θαλάσσης μέτρον ἑξήκοντα σταδίους",
                        "ref": "Th. 8.95",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.95"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89964",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "εἰδέναι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν μέτρῳ καὶ τόπῳ",
                        "ref": "X. Cyr. 8.5.3",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007:8.5.perseus-grc2.3"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89965",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐντὸς τῶν μ. τετμημένον μέταλλον",
                        "ref": "Hyp. Eux. 35",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc2:35"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89966",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια",
                        "ref": "APl. 16.333",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.333"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89967",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χρονικὰ μ.",
                        "ref": "Simp. in de An. 299.37",
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                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>limit, goal,</i> ὅρμου μ. the <i>goal</i> which is the mooring-place, Od. 13.101; ἥβης μ. ἱκέσθαι the <i>term</i> which is puberty, Il. 11.225, Hes. Op. 132; but, ἥβης μ. ἔχειν <i>full measure</i> of youthful vigour, ib. 438, Thgn. 1119; σοφίης, γνωμοσύνης μ. Sol. 13.52, 16.2.",
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                            "quote": "σοφίης, γνωμοσύνης μ.",
                            "ref": "Sol. 13.52",
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                    }
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                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>due measure</i> or <i>limit, proportion,</i> μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι Hes. Op. 694; χρὴ κατʼ 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 <i>a moderating power,</i> 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.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι",
                        "ref": "Hes. Op. 694",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89970",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χρὴ κατʼ αὐτὸν παντὸς ὁρᾶν μέτρον",
                        "ref": "Pi. P. 2.34",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.34"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89971",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων",
                        "ref": "Id. I. 6(5).71",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc2:6.71"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89972",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "κατὰ μέτρον",
                        "ref": "Hes. Op. 720",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc2:720"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89973",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πίνειν ὑπὲρ μέτρον",
                        "ref": "Thgn. 498",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0002.tlg001.perseus-grc2:498"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89974",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "προστιθεὶς μ.",
                        "ref": "A. Ch. 797",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc2:797"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89975",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "πλέον πίνειν τοῦ μέτρου",
                        "ref": "Id. R. 621a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:621a"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89976",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "μ. ἔχειν",
                        "ref": "Id. Lg. 957a",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:957a"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-89977",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐδεὶς τῷ μ. τὸ πίνειν ἔστεργε",
                        "ref": "Alciphr. 3.32",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.32"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "τίς ἱππείοις ἐν ἔντεσσιν μέτρα . . ἐπέθηκʼ <i>checks,</i> i.e. bits, Pi. O. 13.20.",
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>metre,</i> Ar. Nu. 638, 641, etc.; opp. μέλος (music) and ῥυθμός (time), Pl. Grg. 502c, etc.; λόγους ψιλοὺς εἰς μέτρα τιθέντες putting into <i>verse,</i> Id. Lg. 669d; τὰ ἐν μέτρῳ πεποιημένα ἔπη X. Mem. 1.2.21.",
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                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰ ἐν μέτρῳ πεποιημένα ἔπη",
                    "ref": "X. Mem. 1.2.21",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002:1.2.perseus-grc2.21"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>verses,</i> Pl. Ly. 205a. (I.-E. *métro-m from *méd-tro-m ‘measuring instrument’, cf. Goth. mitan ‘measure’.)",
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