ἀσύμμετρος
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
Att. ἀξ-, ον,
A incommensurable, ταῖς μεγίσταις συμμετρίαις Pl.Ti.87d: abs., Arist.Sens. 439b30, al., Pl.Lg.918b; ἀ. ἡ διάμετρος καὶ ἡ πλευρά Arist.EN1112a23. Adv. -ρως Dam.Pr.427. II disproportionate, X.Cyn.2.7; ἀ. πρός τι disproportionate to it, Arist.IA708a15; ill-proportioned, Id.Po.1461a13; ὑπόμνημα of excessive length, Demetr.Lac.Herc. 1014.67F.; κινήματα Phld.Mort.9. Adv. -ρως ib.8, Attic. ap. Eus. PE15.7. III unsuited, πρὸς δημοκρατίαν Plu.Per.16, cf. Them. 22; τινί Phoc.3: c. inf., not of fit size to... Arist.GA719b12.
