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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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|Transliteration C=epimetron
|Transliteration C=epimetron
|Beta Code=e)pi/metron
|Beta Code=e)pi/metron
|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[something added to]] [[make good measure excess]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.12.26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>91.11</span> (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐ. ποιεῖν</b> make [[an increase]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>4.13.7</span>, Plu.2.676b; <b class="b3">πολὺ ποιεῖ τοῦ ψεύδους</b> <b class="b3"></b>. ib.503d; <b class="b3">λόγον ἐν ἐπιμέτρῳ διατίθενται</b> [[into the bargain]], <span class="bibl">Plb.6.46.6</span>; ἐξ ἐπιμέτρου λέγειν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.47</span>, cf. Gal.8.493.</span>
|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[something added to]] [[make good measure excess]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.12.26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>91.11</span> (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐ. ποιεῖν</b> make [[an increase]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>4.13.7</span>, Plu.2.676b; <b class="b3">πολὺ ποιεῖ τοῦ ψεύδους</b> [[]]. ib.503d; <b class="b3">λόγον ἐν ἐπιμέτρῳ διατίθενται</b> [[into the bargain]], <span class="bibl">Plb.6.46.6</span>; ἐξ ἐπιμέτρου λέγειν <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>2.47</span>, cf. Gal.8.493.</span>
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English (LSJ)

τό,

   A something added to make good measure excess, Theoc.12.26, PTeb.91.11 (ii B.C.); ἐ. ποιεῖν make an increase, Thphr.CP4.13.7, Plu.2.676b; πολὺ ποιεῖ τοῦ ψεύδους . ib.503d; λόγον ἐν ἐπιμέτρῳ διατίθενται into the bargain, Plb.6.46.6; ἐξ ἐπιμέτρου λέγειν S.E.P.2.47, cf. Gal.8.493.

German (Pape)

[Seite 962] τό, Zugabe, Uebermaaß; Theocr. 12, 26; Theophr. u. Sp.; ἐν ἐπιμέτρῳ, obenein, z. B. λόγον διατίθενται Pol. 6, 46, 6; ἐξ ἐπιμέτρου Sest. Emp. adv. log. 2, 2.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐπίμετρον: τό, κἄτι τι προστιθέμενον ὅπως πληρώσῃ καλῶς τὸ μέτρον. ὑπερβολή, προσθήκη, ἢν γὰρ καί τι δάκῃς, τὸ μὲν ἀβλαβὲς εὐθὺς ἔθηκας, διπλάσιον δ’ ὤνησας· ἔχων δ’ ἐπίμετρον ἀπῆλθον Θεόκρ. 12. 26· δι’ ὃ καὶ τὸ ἐπίμετρον ποιεῖ, αὔξεται, γίνεται περισσότερος, ἐπὶ σίτου, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Αἰτ. 4. 13, 7, Πλούτ. 2. 503D, 676B· ἐν ἐπιμέτρῳ, ἐπὶ πλέον, ὡς ἐκ περισσοῦ, Πολύβ. 6. 46, 6· ἐξ ἐπιμέτρου Σέξτ. Ἐμπ. Π. 2. 47, κτλ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (τό) :
surplus, surcroît.
Étymologie: ἐπί, μέτρον.

Greek Monotonic

ἐπίμετρον: τό, προσθήκη, υπερβολή, σε Θεόκρ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐπίμετρον: τό добавление, прибавление Plut.: ἐν ἐπιμέτρῳ Polyb. в дополнение, в придачу; ἐξ ἐπιμέτρου Sext. вдобавок, лишний раз.

Middle Liddell

ἐπί-μετρον, ου, τό,
over-measure, excess, Theocr.