σύμμετρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (μέτρον) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">commensurate with, of like measure</b> or <b class="b2">size with</b>, <b class="b3">σύμμετρος σῷ ποδί</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἡ βάσις</b>) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>533</span>; χαμεύνῃ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 676</span>; <b class="b3">βόστρυχον . . σύμμετρον τῷ σῷ κάρᾳ</b> <b class="b2">exactly like</b> it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>230</span>: esp. of Time, <b class="b2">commensurate with, keeping even with</b>, <b class="b3">δαλὸν ἥλικα ξύμμετρόν τε διαὶ βίου</b> ib.<span class="bibl">610</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">τῷδε τἀνδρὶ σ</b>. <b class="b2">being of like age with</b> him, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>1113</span>; <b class="b3">ποίᾳ ξύμμετρος προὔβην τύχῃ</b>; <b class="b2">coincident with</b> what chance have I come? i.e. in the very nick of time, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>387</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>26</span> (infr. <span class="bibl">111</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Mathematics, <b class="b2">having a common measure</b>, <b class="b3">σύμμετροι αἱ τῷ αὐτῷ μέτρῳ μετρούμεναι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">γραμμαί</b>) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">LI</span>968b6</span>; freq. denied of the relation between the diagonal of a square and its side, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>71b27</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>41a26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>221b25</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1392a18</span>; [<b class="b3">τὸ νόμισμα] πάντα ποιεῖ σύμμετρα</b> [[commensurable]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1133b22</span>; <b class="b3">μήκει οὐ σύμμετροι τῇ ποδιαίᾳ</b> not lineally [[commensurate]] with the one-foot side, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>147d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">148b</span>: Comp., of musical intervals, ταῖς αἰσθήσεσιν εὐληπτότερα τὰ -ότερα <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Harm.</span>1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">in accord with the metre</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Eleg.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">σύμμετροι ἐπεκτύπεον ποδῶν χορείαις</b> <b class="b2">in time</b>, <span class="bibl">Tim. <span class="title">Pers.</span>213</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">in measure with, proportionable, exactly suitable</b>, <b class="b3">λόγοι ἀνδράσι σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.83</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.110</span>, <span class="bibl">12.135</span>; <b class="b3">γῆ θηρίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.26</span>; σ. πρός τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>625d</span>, Metrod.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1, etc.; c. dat., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>76d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>67c</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>81</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., <b class="b2">in right measure, in due proportion, symmetrical</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ὑπερβάλλων</b> and <b class="b3">ἐλλείπων</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1104a18</span>, al.; τὸ σ. καὶ καλόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>66b</span>; τῶν φύσει ξηροτέρων . . ὡς πρὸς τὸν σ. παραβάλλειν Gal.6.360, cf. 27, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, <b class="b2">fitting, meet, due</b>, ξύμμετρον δ' ἔπος λέγω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>532</span> (lyr.); δένδρον πολυκαρπότερον τοῦ συμμέτρου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>86c</span>, cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.288S., al.; <b class="b3">ξύμμετρος ὡς κλύειν</b> <b class="b2">within fit distance</b> for hearing, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>84</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[moderate]], πόνοι <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.12</span>; ὥστε σύμμετρον . . τὸ πνεῦμα . . ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Antiph.202.16</span>; σ. τροφαί <span class="bibl">Sor.1.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">49</span>, al.; <b class="b3">σ. στέγη</b> <b class="b2">moderate in size</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>8.13</span>; <b class="b2">of suitable size</b>, σκῆπτρον <span class="title">OGI</span>56.62 (Canopus, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-τρως</b> <b class="b2">in moderation</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.32</span>, etc.; <b class="b2">in due time</b>, ἀφίκετο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>26</span>; <b class="b3">σ. πρὸς ἑωυτόν</b> [[conveniently]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>3</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ἔχειν πρός τι</b> to be <b class="b2">in proportion</b> to... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.16</span>; εἴς τι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span> 834a15</span>; σ. ἴσχειν λεπτότητος καὶ πάχους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>85c</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μετὰ νοῦ καὶ τὸ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Nicom.Com.1.36</span>; = [[μετρίως]], [[φέρειν]] <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).396.31 (Amorgos, ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.2.5</span>. Comp. <b class="b3">-ότερον</b> <b class="b2">more fittingly</b>, <span class="bibl">D.61.27</span> (v.l. [[-ώτερον]]).</span>