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===substantive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέτρον]], τό.

[[measures and weights]]: [[verse|V.]] [[μέτρα… καὶ μέρη σταθμῶν]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Phoenissae]]'' 541; cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]], Av. 1040-1041).

[[criterion]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κανών]], ὁ.

[[limit]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὅρος]], ὁ, [[πέρας]], τό.

[[due limit]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μέτρον]], τό.

[[beyond measure]]: use adv., [[verse|V.]] [[ὑπερμέτρως]]; ([[Euripides]], ''Fragment''); see also [[excessively]].

[[allowance]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μέτρον]], τό ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 621A), [[verse|V.]] [[μέτρημα]], τό.

[[time]], [[rhythm]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ῥυθμός]], ὁ.

[[metre]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μέτρον]], τό.

[[dance]]: see [[dance]].

[[legislative act]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ψήφισμα]], τό.

[[measures]], [[policy]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προαίρεσις]], ἡ.

[[take measures]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βουλεύεσθαι]].

[[take extreme measures]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀνήκεστόν τι δρᾶν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀνήκεστόν τι βουλεύειν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 1, 132).

[[in like measure]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξ ἴσου]].

[[he contributed in some small measure to]]…: [[prose|P.]] [[μέρος τι συνεβάλετο]] (gen.).

[[have hard measure]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κακῶς πάσχειν]].

[[measure for measure]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἴσα ἀντ' ἴσων]]; see [[tit for tat]].

[[repay measure for measure]]: [[verse|V.]] [[τὸν αὐτὸν… τίσασθαι τρόπον]] ([[Aeschylus|Aesch.]], ''Theb.'' 638).

[[requite in equal measure]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τοῖς ὁμοίοις ἀμύνεσθαι]] (acc.).

===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μετρεῖν]], [[σταθμᾶσθαι]] ([[Plato]]), [[συμμετρεῖσθαι]], [[ἀναμετρεῖν]] (or mid.), [[verse|V.]] [[σταθμᾶν]]; (mid. also in [[prose|P.]]), [[ἐκμετρεῖν]] (or mid.) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[measure out]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μετρεῖν]], [[prose|P.]] [[διαμετρεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκμετρεῖν]]; (or mid.) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[have measured out to one]]: [[prose|P.]] [[μετρεῖσθαι]], [[διαμετρεῖσθαι]].
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