συμμετρία
συμμετρ-ία,
ἡ,
A). commensurability, opp.
ἀσυμμετρία,
Arist. Metaph. 1061b1 , cf.
1004b11 ,
EN 1133b18 ;
πρὸς τὴν ς. τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς ἀνθρώπων in comparison with, measured by the
standard of ..,
PMonac. 6.39 (vi A.D.).
II). symmetry, due proportion, one of the characteristics of beauty and goodness,
βίου συμμετρίῃ by
harmony of life,
Democr. 191 , cf.
Pl. Phlb. 64e sq.;
ἡ νυκτὸς πρὸς ἡμέραν ς.
Id. R. 530a ;
ἡ πρὸς ἄλληλα ς.
Id. Sph. 228c ; of exercise to food,
Hp. Vict. 1.2 ;
τροφῆς καὶ ἀέρος Thphr. CP 2.9.13 ;
ς. τῶν λαμβανομένων Sor. 1.94 ;
σιτίων τε καὶ πομάτων Gal. 6.7 ;
τῶν φαρμάκων Id. 13.988 ;
κατὰ μίαν ς. in a fixed
proportion,
Id. 6.272 ;
παρὰ τὴν ς. out of
proportion,
Arist. Pol. 1308b12 ; but
ς. πρός τι, also,
proportion calculated to produce ..,
Pl. Ti. 66d ;
ἡ τῶν καλῶν ς.
Id. Sph. 235e ;
ὑγίειαν ἐν .. ς. θερμῶν καὶ ψυχρῶν τίθεμεν Arist. Ph. 246b5 , cf.
Gal. 6.13 ,
15 , al.;
ἡ τοῦ τῶν γάμων χρόνου ς.
suitability,
Pl. Lg. 925a : pl.,
αἱ ς. the
proportions,
Id. Ti. 87d ,
Sph. 235d ,
236a .
2). a woman's robe without a train,
PSI 4.341.7 (iii B.C.),
Poll. 7.54 ,
Hsch.
ShortDef
commensurability
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συμμετρια
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">συμμετρ-ία</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">commensurability</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀσυμμετρία</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1061b:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1061b.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Metaph.</span> 1061b1 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1004b:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg025.perseus-grc1:1004b.11/canonical-url/"> 1004b11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1133b:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1133b.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1133b18 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς τὴν ς. τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς ἀνθρώπων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in comparison</span> with, measured by the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">standard</span> of .., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PMonac.</span> 6.39 </span> (vi A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">symmetry, due proportion</span>, one of the characteristics of beauty and goodness, <span class="foreign greek">βίου συμμετρίῃ</span> by <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">harmony</span> of life, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:191" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0161.tlg001:191/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Democr.</span> 191 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:64e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:64e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 64e </a> sq.; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ νυκτὸς πρὸς ἡμέραν ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:530a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:530a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 530a </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ πρὸς ἄλληλα ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:228c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:228c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 228c </a>; of exercise to food, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg031:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg031:1.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Vict.</span> 1.2 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τροφῆς καὶ ἀέρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:2:9:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:2:9:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 2.9.13 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ς. τῶν λαμβανομένων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:94" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.94/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.94 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σιτίων τε καὶ πομάτων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.7 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">τῶν φαρμάκων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 13.988 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ μίαν ς</span>. in a fixed <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proportion</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.272 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ τὴν ς</span>. out of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proportion</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1308b:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1308b.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1308b12 </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">ς. πρός τι</span>, also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proportion calculated to produce ..</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:66d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:66d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 66d </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τῶν καλῶν ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:235e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:235e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 235e </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὑγίειαν ἐν .. ς. θερμῶν καὶ ψυχρῶν τίθεμεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:246b:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg031:246b.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 246b5 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.13 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 15 </span>, al.; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ τοῦ τῶν γάμων χρόνου ς</span>. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">suitability</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:925a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:925a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 925a </a>: pl., <span class="foreign greek">αἱ ς</span>. the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proportions</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:87d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:87d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 87d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:235d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:235d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sph.</span> 235d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:236a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg007.perseus-grc1:236a/canonical-url/"> 236a </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">suitable relation, convenient size</span>, <span class="quote greek">πόρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:2p.49U" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg006:2p.49U/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epicur.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 2p.49U. </a> : pl., <span class="quote greek">ς. καὶ ἁρμονίαι τῶν .. πόρων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:250" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0537.tlg003:250/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 250 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a woman\'s robe without a train</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 4.341.7 </span> (iii B.C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 7.54 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> </div> </div><br><br>'}