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μετρέω

metreo

measure

Appears 73 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μετρέω, Heraclean I pl. impf. ἐμετρίωμες Tab.Heracl. 2.45: pres. part. Pass. μετριώμεναι ib.1.22, 28: (μέτρον):—A. measure: I. of Space, measure, i. e. pass over, traverse, πέλαγος μέγα μετρήσαντες Od. 3.179; προτέρω μετρεῖν (sc. θάλασσαν) to sail farther, A.R. 2.915, cf. 4.1779:—in Med., ἅλα μετρήσασθαι Mosch. 2.157; μετρούμενον ἴχνη τὰ κείνου measuring them with the eyes, S. Aj. 5:—Pass., to be measured, A. Ch. 209; to be measured round, D.P. 197. II. of Time, μακροὶ . . ἂν μετρηθεῖεν χρόνοι S. OT 561. III. of Number, Size, Worth, etc., 1. count, Alc. 142; ἐπʼ ᾐόνι κύματα μ. Theoc. 16.60, cf. AP 4.3b.10 (s. v. l., Agath.). 2. measure, χώρην ὀργυιῇσι, σταδίοισι, etc., Hdt. 2.6; χώρας κατὰ παρασάγγας Id. 6.42; τῇ γαστρὶ μ. τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν measure happiness by sensual enjoyments, D. 18.296; μ. πορφύρᾳ τὸ εὔδαʼ μον Luc. Nigr. 15, etc.; ὁπηνίκʼ ἂν εἲκοσι ποδῶν μετροῦντι τὸ στοιχεῖον ᾖ when you measure it, Eub. 119.7, cf. 9; ἀριθμεῖν τἀγαθὰ καὶ μετρεῖν Pl. R. 348a; μ. καὶ ἀριθμεῖν καὶ ἱστάναι ib.602d: —Pass., Πόντος . . καὶ Ἑλλήσποντος οὕτω μοι μεμετρέαται Hdt. 4.86; μετρεῖσθαι πρὸς ἄλληλα Pl. Plt. 284d, etc. b. Math., of magnitudes or numbers, measure, Arist. Cael. 273b12, Euc. 7 Def. 14, Eratosth. ap. Nicom. Ar. 1.13 (Act. and Pass.), etc.; μετρηθῆναι κοινῷ μέτρῳ πρός . . to be commensurable with, ibid. 3. measure out, τἄλφιτʼ ἐν ἀγορᾷ Ar. Eq. 1009, cf. Ach. 548 (Pass.); πώλοισι χόρτον μ. E. Rh. 772; μέτρησον εἰρήνης τί μοι Ar. Ach. 1021; μετρεῖν τὴν ἴσην give measure for measure, Paus. 2.18.2; ἢ μετάδος ἢ μέτρησον ἢ τιμὴν λαβέ lend by measure, Theopomp.Com. 26:—Med., to have measured out to oneself, in buying or borrowing, εὖ μετρεῖσθαι παρὰ γείτονος get good measure from oneʼs neighbour, Hes. Op. 349; τὰ ἄλφιτα καθʼ ἡμίεκτον μετρούμενοι D. 34.37, cf. Herod. 6.5, SIG 976.61 (Samos, ii B. C.), Plu. Caes. 48. 4. deliver, pay, of corn and other measurable commodities, σῖτόν τινι D. 46.20, PHib. 1.39.3 (iii B. C.); ἔλαιον ib.131 (iii B. C.):—Med., receive in payment, ib.103 (iii B. C.), etc. IV. moderate, of pain, Pall. in Hp. 12.273 C.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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