σύμμετρος — Middle Liddell

σύμμετρος σύμ-μετρος, ον, μέτρον commensurate with another thing, Eur.: exactly fitting, Aesch.; τῷδε τἀνδρὶ ξ. being of like age with, Soph.; ποίᾳ σύμμετρος τύχῃ; coincident with what chance? i. e. in the very nick of time, Soph.; v. infr. III. 2. commensurable, Arist. in measure with, proportionable, exactly suitable, Isocr., etc. absol. in right measure, in due proportion, symmetrical, opp. to ὑπερβάλλων and ἐλλείπων, Plat., etc. generally, fitting, meet, due, Aesch.;— σύμμετρος ὡς κλύειν within fit distance for hearing, Soph. adv. -τρως, Isocr., etc. in due time, Eur.

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commensurate with

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σύμμετρος

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σύμμετρος

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30810

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n30845

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su/mmetros

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