γεωμέτρης
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ,
A land-measurer, ib.28 (ii A. D.):—but usu., geometer, Pl.Tht.143b, al., cf. Men.495, CIG3544 (Perg.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 488] ὁ, Land-, Feldmesser, die Geometrie verstehend, Plat. Theaet. 143 b Euthyd. 290 b; Xen. Mem. 4, 2, 10 u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γεωμέτρης: -ου, ὁ, ὁ τὴν γῆν μετρῶν, γεωμέτρης, Πλάτ. Θεαιτ. 143Β, κ. ἀλλ., πρβλ. Μένανδ. Ὑπ. 15, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 3544, κ. ἀλλ.· ἴδε γαμέτρας.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
géomètre, arpenteur.
Étymologie: γῆ, μετρέω.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Alolema(s): dór. γαμ- TEracl.1.187
1 geómetra, que cultiva la geometría Pl.Tht.143b, Grg.465b, Arist.Ph.185a1, Metaph.1089a21, Aristox.Harm.42.16, IP 333.10 (II d.C.), Plu.2.140a, Hero Def.135.8, Gal.5.652, Aristid.Quint.32.14, Vett.Val.70.6
•profesor de geometría Men.Fr.430a, Plu.2.737d, en un gimnasio DP 7.70, ISestos 5.4.
2 agrimensor, TEracl.l.c., D.Chr.70.9, 71.8, PCair.Zen.387.13 (III a.C.), BGU 12.28 (II d.C.), SEG 32.1287.13 (Frigia III d.C.), POxy.1469.6 (III d.C.), 3758.160 (IV d.C.), PBerl.Borkowski 4.35 (III/IV d.C.), PCair.Preis.8.5 (IV d.C.), Hsch.
