μέτρον
μέτρον,
τό,
A). that by which anything is measured:
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,
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 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 OGI 579.2 (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,
AP 7.334 ,
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 .
5). τίς ἱππείοις ἐν ἔντεσσιν μέτρα .. ἐπέθηκ'
checks, i.e. bits,
Pi. O. 13.20 .
2). pl.,
verses,
Pl. Ly. 205a . (I.-
E. *métro-m from
*métro-m 'measuring instrument', cf. Goth.
mitan 'measure'.)
ShortDef
that by which anything is measured
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέτρον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">that by which anything is measured</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">measure, rule</span>, <span class="quote greek">μέτρ’ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:422" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.422/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.422 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν μέτροισι ταμὼν δόνακας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc1:47/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Merc.</span> 47 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πάντ’ ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. εἶναι</span> is <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a measure</span> of all things, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:183c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:183c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 183c </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Protag.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1053a:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1053a.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1053a36 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. αὐτῷ οὐχ ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλ’ ὁ νόμος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.3.18 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> Math., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">measure, divisor</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eratosth.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0358.tlg001:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0358.tlg001:1.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicom.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ar.</span> 1.13 </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;">measure of content</span>, whether solid or liquid, <span class="quote greek">δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:471" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.471/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.471 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">εἴκοσι δ’ ἔστω μ.. . ἀλφίτου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:355" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.355/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.355 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μ. χεῦε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:209" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.209/canonical-url/"> 9.209 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:268" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.268/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.268 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:741" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:741/canonical-url/"> 741 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:350" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:350/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 350 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:600" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:600/canonical-url/"> 600 </a>, etc.; at Samos, of the <span class="foreign greek">μέδιμνος</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 976.55 </span> (ii B.C.); in Egypt, of the <span class="quote greek">ἀρτάβη, μ. δοχικόν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PTeb.</span> 11.6 </span> (ii B.C.); also of smaller units, as <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἑξαχοίνικον</span> ib.<span class="bibl"> 105.40 </span> (ii B.C.); <span class="foreign greek">μέτροις καὶ σταθμοῖς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by measure</span> and weight, Decr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:83" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg001.perseus-grc1:83/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.83 </a>; in the widest sense, either <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">weight</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">measure</span>, <span class="quote greek">Φείδωνος τοῦ τὰ μ. ποιήσαντος Πελοποννησίοισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.127 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. οἰνηρά, σιτηρά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1135a:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1135a.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1135a2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Κιλικίῳ μ. μετρεῖν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 579.2 </span> (Cilicia). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">any space measured</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">measurable, length, size</span>, in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dimensions</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μέτρα κελεύθου</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the length</span> of the way, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:389" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.389/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.389 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέτρα θαλάσσης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:648" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:648/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 648 </a> , Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.47 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μορφῆς μέτρα</span> bodily <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dimensions</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1063" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1063/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1063 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μ. τοῦ λίθου</span> its <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">distances</span> from a given point in given directions, its <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">position</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:121" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.121/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.121 </a>.<span class="itype greek">ά</span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:843e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:843e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 843e </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg007:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sol.</span> 23 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἄστρων μέτρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:432:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:432.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 432.8 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀπέχει .. θαλάσσης μέτρον ἑξήκοντα σταδίους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:95" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.95/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 8.95 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τῷ Ἴστρῳ ἐκ τῶν ἴσων μ. ὁρμᾶται [ὁ Νεῖλος</span>] starts from the same <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">distances</span> as (i.e. the position corresponding to the source of) the <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ister</span> </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.33 </a>; <span class="quote greek">εἰδέναι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν μέτρῳ καὶ τόπῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:5:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:8:5:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 8.5.3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐντὸς τῶν μ. τετμημένον μέταλλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0030.tlg003.perseus-grc1:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hyp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eux.</span> 35 </a> ; later of Time, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">duration</span>, <span class="quote greek">μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APl.</span> 4.333 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiphil.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">ἐτέων μέτρα, ὡράων μέτρον</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.334 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 9.481 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">μέτρα ἐνιαυτῶν, νυκτός</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:464:731" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:464.731/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 464.731 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χρονικὰ μ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simp.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in de An.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg001:299:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4013.tlg001:299.37/canonical-url/"> 299.37 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">limit, goal</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὅρμου μ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">goal</span> which is the mooring-place, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:101" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.101/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.101 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἥβης μ. ἱκέσθαι</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">term</span> which is puberty, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:225" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.225/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.225 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 132 </a>; but, <span class="foreign greek">ἥβης μ. ἔχειν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">full measure</span> of youthful vigour, ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:438" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:438/canonical-url/"> 438 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1119 </span>; <span class="quote greek">σοφίης, γνωμοσύνης μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:13:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:13.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 13.52 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:16:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:16.2/canonical-url/"> 16.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">due measure</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">limit, proportion</span>, <span class="quote greek">μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:694" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:694/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 694 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χρὴ κατ’ αὐτὸν παντὸς ὁρᾶν μέτρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 2.34 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6(5).71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6(5).71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 6(5).71 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ μέτρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:720" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:720/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 720 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πίνειν ὑπὲρ μέτρον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 498 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">προστιθεὶς μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:797" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:797/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 797 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">τί μ. κακότατος ἔφυ</span>; <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:236" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc1:236/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 236 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἔχει</span> have <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a moderating power</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:836a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:836a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 836a </a>; <span class="quote greek">πλέον πίνειν τοῦ μέτρου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:621a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:621a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 621a </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἔχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:957a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:957a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 957a </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μέτρῳ,</span> = <span class="ref greek">μετρίως, καταβαίνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:78" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8.78/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 8.78 </a>; <span class="quote greek">οὐδεὶς τῷ μ. τὸ πίνειν ἔστεργε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0640.tlg001:3.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alciphr.</span> 3.32 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">τίς ἱππείοις ἐν ἔντεσσιν μέτρα .. ἐπέθηκ</span>\' <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">checks</span>, i.e. bits, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 13.20 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">metre</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:638" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:638/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 638 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:641" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:641/canonical-url/"> 641 </a>, etc.; opp. <span class="foreign greek">μέλος</span> (music) and <span class="foreign greek">ῥυθμός</span> (time), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:502c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:502c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 502c </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">λόγους ψιλοὺς εἰς μέτρα τιθέντες</span> putting into <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">verse</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:669d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:669d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 669d </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ ἐν μέτρῳ πεποιημένα ἔπη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.2.21 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">verses</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:205a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg020:205a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ly.</span> 205a </a>. (I.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">*métro-m</span> from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">*métro-m</span> \'measuring instrument\', cf. Goth. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mitan</span> \'measure\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}