μέτριος
metrios
within measure, moderate
Appears 178 times across Plato's dialogues.
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μέτριος, α, ον, also ος, ον Ti. 59d; Aeol. μέτερρος Lyr.Adesp. 66 (but μέτριος Oxy. 1231.5): (μέτρον):—A. within measure, moderate, and so, I. of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, 2.32; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, 1.178; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, 140; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, Prt. 338b; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, R. 460e. II. of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of . . , Cyr. 2.4.14. III. mostly of Degree, moderate, ἔργα Op. 306; μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου Supp. 1059 (lyr.); μ. χάρις IA 554 (lyr.); σῖτος -ώτατος Lac. 1.3; τὸ μ. the mean, OC 1212 (lyr.), cf. Lg. 719e, Plt. 284e; ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον Pol. 1295b4; περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. Mem. 3.13.5; πέρα τοῦ μ. CP 6.1.4; ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. 2.656f; τὰ μ. Med. 125 (anap.); εἴη γʼ ἐμοὶ μέτρια Ion 632; τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι Mem. 2.6.22; μ. καὶ δίκαια Nu. 1137; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, Hipp. 253 (anap.); μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων . . κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον Fr. 503 (anap.); μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, 1.6; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, 4.30; βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος R. 466b; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, Grg. 511e; μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι Pol. 1292b26; οἱ μ. respectable people, 18.10; later, poor, μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς POxy. 120.7 (iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, Phd. 117b. 2. tolerable, οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών Ph. 179 (lyr.); ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπʼ ἀμήχανον ἄλγος El. 140 (lyr.); μ. ἄχθος Alc. 884 (anap.); κακά Tr. 722; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν ib. 688; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, 4.84; τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων 9.4; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decr. ap. 18.165; ἐπὶ μετρίοις 4.22; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, Tht. 181b; -ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, Pol. 1289b4, cf. 532.17 (Sup.). 3. of Persons, moderate in desires and the like, temperate, Pl. 245; -ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά 6.89; μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Lg. 816b; σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθʼ ἡμέραν δίαιταν 3.170; ἐν τῷ σίτῳ Cyr. 5.2.17; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (sc. Ἀφροδίτης) μετέσχον IA 543 (lyr.), cf. Fr. 967 (lyr.); εἰ δʼ ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γʼ ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας Hel. 1105; also, moderate, fair, 615, R. 396c, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states, μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος 21.185; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν ib.134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους mild towards . . , 1.77. 4. proportionate, fitting, μισθὸς σώφροσι μ. Ti. 18b; μ. λόγοι Smp. 8.3. 5. enjoying ‘middling’ health (cf. μετριάζω I.3), Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(1).182. B. Adv. μετρίως moderately, within due limits, ἀπηγήσεσθαι 2.161; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating, εἰπεῖν 2.35; λέγειν R. 518b; μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες 12.171; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, Tht. 191d; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, 1.32; μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν Euthd. 305d: Comp. μετριώτερον (infr. 3), also -ωτέρως HA 587a1: Sup. -ώτατα 6.88, etc. 2. enough, μ. κεχόρευται Nu. 1511 (anap.); μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα Ec. 969; moderately, pretty well, ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ Lg. 936b; σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. 6.19; μ. [λέγειν] Pk. 262; ἀποδέξασθαι μ. Tht. 161b. 3. modestly, temperately, χαίρειν IA 921, cf. HF 709; ἀποκρίνασθαι An. 2.3.20; μ. βεβιωκώς 16.3 (but μ. διάγειν to be moderately off, Hier. 1.8); πενθεῖν μ. 53.1; φέρειν 3.85.9; on fair terms, μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι 4.19, cf. 20: Comp. -ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν Cyr. 4.3.7. 4. μ. ἔχειν to be in ‘middling’ health, 108.6 (ii/iii A. D.). II. neut. μέτριον and μέτρια as Adv., μέτριον ἔχειν Lg. 846c (sed leg. μέτρον) ; μέτρια βασανισθείς Sph. 237b: also with Art., τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι Cyr. 2.4.26; τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι 4.19, cf. 8.84.
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