συμμετρία

symmetria

commensurability

Appears 15 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 6
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66d3
87c6
87d2
87d7
66a5
69b4
Sophist 4
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228c4
235d8
235e7
236a5
Philebus 2
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64e6
65a2
Republic 2
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Book VII 2
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530a1
530a7
Laws 1
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Book XI 1
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925a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

συμμετρία, ἡ, A. commensurability, opp. ἀσυμμετρία, Arist. Metaph. 1061b1, cf. 1004b11, EN 1133b18; πρὸς τὴν σ. τῶν καθʼ 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. b. suitable relation, convenient size, πόρων Epicur. Ep. 2p.49U.: pl., σ. καὶ ἁρμονίαι τῶν . . πόρων Id. Fr. 250. 2. a womanʼs robe without a train, PSI 4.341.7 (iii B.C.), Poll. 7.54, Hsch.

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