μέτριος
μέτριος,
α,
ον, also
ος,
ον Pl. Ti. 59d ; Aeol.
μέτερρος Lyr.Adesp. 66 (but
II). of Number,[
ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of .. ,
X. Cyr. 2.4.14 .
III). mostly of Degree,
moderate,
ἔργα Hes. Op. 306 ;
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. CP 6.1.4 ;
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 .
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)
μετέσχον E. IA 543 (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 .
5). enjoying 'middling' health (cf.
μετριάζω 1.3 ),
Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(1).182 .
4). μ. ἔχειν to be in 'middling' health, PLips. 108.6 (ii/iii A. D.).
ShortDef
within measure
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μέτριος
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μετριος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέτριος</span>, <span class="itype greek">α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span>, also <span class="itype greek">ος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:59d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:59d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 59d </a>; Aeol. <span class="orth greek">μέτερρος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyr.Adesp.</span> 66 </span> (but <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">μέτριος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:1231:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0009.tlg001:1231.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oxy.</span> 1231.5 </a> ):(<span class="etym greek">μέτρον</span>):—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">within measure, moderate</span>, and so, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> of Size, <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἄνδρες</span> men <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of average height</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.32 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. πῆχυς</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">common</span> cubit, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 1.178 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἰσχὰς μ.</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fair-sized</span> fig, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0664.tlg001:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0664.tlg001:140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diocl.Fr.</span> 140 </a>; of Time, <span class="foreign greek">μ. μῆκος λόγων</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proper</span> length of speech, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:338b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:338b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 338b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fair average</span> time of maturity, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:460e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:460e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 460e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of Number,[<span class="foreign greek">ἱππεῖς] μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a reasonable number of</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.4.14 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> mostly of Degree, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderate</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἔργα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:306" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:306/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 306 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1059" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1059/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 1059 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μ. χάρις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:554" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:554/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 554 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">σῖτος -ώτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg010:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg010:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lac.</span> 1.3 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the mean</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1212" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1212/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1212 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:719e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:719e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 719e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:284e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:284e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 284e </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1295b.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1295b4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">περαιτέρω τοῦ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:13:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:3:13:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 3.13.5 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πέρα τοῦ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:6:1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 6.1.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.656f </span> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 125 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">εἴη γ’ ἐμοὶ μέτρια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:632" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:632/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 632 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:6:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:6:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.6.22 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. καὶ δίκαια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1137 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. φιλία</span> a friendship <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not too great</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:253" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc1:253/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hipp.</span> 253 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων .. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 503 </span> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">simple</span> dress, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μετρία φυλακῇ</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">not in strict</span> custody, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.30 </a>; <span class="quote greek">βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:466b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:466b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 466b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. σχῆμα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">modest</span> apparel, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:511e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:511e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 511e </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1292b:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1292b.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1292b26 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">respectable people</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.10 </a>; later, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">poor</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 120.7 </span> (iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., <span class="foreign greek">ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">just sufficient</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:117b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:117b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 117b </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tolerable</span>, <span class="quote greek">οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:179" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:179/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 179 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ’ ἀμήχανον ἄλγος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 140 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μ. ἄχθος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:884" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:884/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 884 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">κακά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:722" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:722/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 722 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν</span> ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:688" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:688/canonical-url/"> 688 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μετρίων δεομένῳ</span> making a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderate</span> request, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.84 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg009.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg009.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 9.4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μ.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tolerable</span> terms. Decr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.165 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ μετρίοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.22 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μηδὲν μ. λέγειν</span> nothing <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tolerably accurate</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:181b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:181b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 181b </a>;-<span class="foreign greek">ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">least intolerable</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1289b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1289b.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1289b4 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:532:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:532.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 532.17 </a> ( Sup.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of Persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderate</span> in desires and the like , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">temperate</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:245" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:245/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 245 </a>;- <span class="quote greek">ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.89 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:816b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:816b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 816b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ’ ἡμέραν δίαιταν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:170" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:170/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.170 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν τῷ σίτῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:2:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.2.17 </a> ; of Love, <span class="foreign greek">μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">Ἀφροδίτης</span>) <span class="quote greek"> μετέσχον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:543" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:543/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 543 </a> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 967 </span> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">εἰ δ’ ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ’ ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1105 </a> ; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderate, fair</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 615 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:396c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:396c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 396c </a>, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states, <span class="quote greek">μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:185" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg021.perseus-grc1:185/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 21.185 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 134 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mild</span> towards .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:77" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.77/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.77 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proportionate, fitting</span>, <span class="quote greek">μισθὸς σώφροσι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:18b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:18b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 18b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. λόγοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 8.3 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">enjoying \'middling\' health</span> (cf. <span class="quote greek">μετριάζω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1.3/canonical-url/"> 1.3 </a> ), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span> 8(1).182 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>B).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="foreign greek">μετρίως</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderately, within due limits</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀπηγήσεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:161" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.161/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.161 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating</span>, <span class="quote greek">εἰπεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.35 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">λέγειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:518b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:518b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 518b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg021.perseus-grc1:171/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 12.171 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἔχειν</span> to be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in due proportion</span>, neither too much nor too little, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:191d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:191d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 191d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἔχειν βίου</span> to be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderately well</span> off, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.32 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:305d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:305d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 305d </a> : Comp. <span class="foreign greek">μετριώτερον</span> (infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>), also -<span class="itype greek">ωτέρως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:587a:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:587a.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 587a1 </a>: Sup.-<span class="itype greek">ώτατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 6.88 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">enough</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. κεχόρευται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1511" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1511/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 1511 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:969" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:969/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 969 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderately, pretty well</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:936b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:936b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 936b </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg006.perseus-grc1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg006.perseus-grc1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 6.19 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. [λέγειν</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg025:262" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg025:262/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pk.</span> 262 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀποδέξασθαι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:161b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:161b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 161b </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">modestly, temperately</span>, <span class="quote greek">χαίρειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:921" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:921/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 921 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:709" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:709/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 709 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀποκρίνασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:3:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:2:3:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 2.3.20 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. βεβιωκώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg016.perseus-grc1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg016.perseus-grc1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 16.3 </a> (but <span class="foreign greek">μ. διάγειν</span> to be <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">moderately</span> off, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hier.</span> 1.8 </a>); <span class="quote greek">πενθεῖν μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:53:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:53.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 53.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φέρειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:85:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:85:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 3.85.9 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on fair terms</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.19 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> 20 </a>: Comp.-<span class="itype greek">ώτερον</span> <span class="quote greek">, πρός τινας φρονεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:3:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:4:3:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 4.3.7 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">μ. ἔχειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be in \'middling\' health,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PLips.</span> 108.6 </span> (ii/iii A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> neut. <span class="foreign greek">μέτριον</span> and <span class="foreign greek">μέτρια</span> as Adv., <span class="quote greek">μέτριον ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:846c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:846c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 846c </a> (sed leg. <span class="foreign greek">μέτρον</span>) <span class="quote greek">; μέτρια βασανισθείς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:237b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:237b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 237b </a> : also with Art., <span class="quote greek">τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:2:4:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 2.4.26 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.19 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.84/canonical-url/"> 8.84 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}