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in metre, metrical, Pl. Smp. 197c, Phdr. 252b, Arist. Rh. 1408b21; ἔμμετρα λέγειν ἢ ἄμετρα Id. Po. 1451b1, cf. 1450b14; φθόγγος ἔ. Phld. D. 3.13; ἔ. ποιηταί poets who use regular metres, i. e. epic and tragic, opp. οἱ τῶν ᾀδομένων, D. 60.9. Adv. -τρως, χρησμῳδεῖν Plu. QConv. 2.623c.
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exalt, elevate, εἰς ἡρωϊκὴν ἐπανῆκται τάξιν D. 60.9.
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decent, becoming, λόγοι Id. Hipp. 490, D. 60.9; πρᾶγμα οὐδαμῶς εὔσχημον λέγειν Aeschin. 3.162; λέγειν εὐσχήμονα Arist. EN 1128a7; τὸ εὔσχημον decorum, Pl. R. 401c, Lg. 797b. Adv. - μόνως with grace and dignity, like a gentleman, Ar. V. 1210, X. Cyr. 1.3.8, Arist. EN 1101a1; ζῆν Phld. Herc. 1251.18: Comp. -έστερον, ἔχειν Pl. Epin. 981a; τι φέρειν D. 60.35: Sup. - έστατα IG 2(2).1034.11.
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ἡ. στίχος heroic verse, hexameter, Pl. Lg. 958e; μέτρον Arist. Po. 1459b32; εἰς τὴν ἡ. τάξιν ἐπανῆχθαι to be brought into an Epic poem, D. 60.9. Adv. -κῶς, τὴν τραγῳδίαν ἀναγνῶναι D.T. 629.18.
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tell as a legend or mythic tale, μ. τοὺς πολέμους τῶν ἡμιθέων Isoc. 2.49: c. inf., of an animal, ὃν . . μυθολογοῦσι γενέσθαι ἐκ πυρκαϊᾶς which they fable, fabulously report to derive its birth, Arist. HA 609b10; καθάπερ καὶ τὸν Μίδαν . . μυθολογοῦσι (sc. ἀπολέσθαι) Id. Pol. 1257b16, cf. 1274a39:— Pass., οἷαι μυθολογοῦνται παλαιαὶ γενέσθαι φύσεις such as they are fabled to have been, Pl. R. 588c, cf. Arist. HA 617a5: impers., μυθολογεῖται . . τοὺς Ἀργοναύτας τὸν Ἡρακλέα καταλιπεῖν the legend goes that . . , Id. Pol. 1284a22; μ. περὶ τῆς ζωῆς ὡς ὂν μακρόβιον Id. HA 578b23: abs., become mythical, D. 60.9, etc.; τὰ μυθολογούμενα fabulous tales, Arist. HA 578b24, cf. Pl. R. 378e.
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recent, ὁ πόλεμος ὁ ὑπογυιότατος Isoc. 14.17; ὑπογυωτέροις παραδείγμασι χρῆσθαι D. 61.46; τὰ ὑπογυιότατα Ps.-Philipp. ap. eund. 12.12; ὑπογυώτερα τοῖς χρόνοις D. 60.9; ὑπόγυιόν ἐστι ἐξ οὗ . . it is a very short time since . . , Isoc. 18.29; ἐν τοῖς ὑ. λόγοις, opp. τοῖς ἄνω, Arist. GA 757a28; ταῖς ὑ. ἀπεψίαις Gal. 6.195; ὑπόγυοι αἰτίαι νοσημάτων Id. 15.162. Adv. ὑπογυίως or -γύως recently, lately, Ath. 5.206d, Dsc. Ther.Prooem., BGU 731 ii 5 (ii A. D.); ἔχων ὑ. ἐν μνήμῃ τὰς τιμὰς ὧν ἀγοράζει having freshly in his mind. PRyl. 233.12 (ii A. D.): neut. -γυον as Adv., Gloss.; τὸ ὑπογυιότατον Isoc. 9.81.