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γλυκύ δ᾽ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος, πεπειραμένων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα, νιν καρδίᾳ περισσῶς → A sweet thing is war to the inexperienced, but anyone who has tasted it trembles at its approach, exceedingly, in his heart (Pindar, for the Thebans, fr. 110)
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English (LSJ)
A to be moderate, keep measure, S.Ph.1183 (lyr.), Th.1.76, Arist.Pol.1298a40; τινι in a thing, ib.1314b33: with Preps., μ. ἐν ταῖς εὐπραξίαις D.20.162; περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα Pl.Lg.784e; περὶ τὸ δίκαιον D.H.13.13; πρὸς λύπην Pl.R.603e; ἐπί τινι Luc.Im.21; μ. ἐν τῷ προθύμῳ show but moderate zeal, Hdn.8.3.5: c. gen., μ. τῶν παθῶν Hierocl. in CA10p.436M. 2 of disease, remit, abate, opp. παροξύνεσθαι, Gal.16.711. 3 of persons, to be 'only middling', to be unwell, Men.1037, LXX Ne.2.2, Poet. de herb.3. 4 οἱ μετριάζοντες, = οἱ μέτριον τὸ αἰδοῖον ἔχοντες, Arist.GA718a24. 5 jest, Sch.Ar.V. 64. II trans., moderate, regulate, control, ὅρκοις μ. ψυχὴν νέαν Pl. Lg.692b; [τὴν βασιλείαν] Arist.Pol.1313a26; τι ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκφορίου reduce our rent, PCair.Zen.433.12 (iii B. C.); τὴν τιμωρίαν Ph.1.41.
