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|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>59d</span>; Aeol. μέτερρος <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>66 (but <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> μέτριος <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1231.5</span>): (μέτρον):—[[within measure]], [[moderate]], and so, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> of Size, <b class="b3">μ. ἄνδρες</b> men [[of average height]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.32</span>; <b class="b3">μ. πῆχυς</b> the [[common]] cubit, <span class="bibl">Id.1.178</span>; <b class="b3">ἰσχὰς μ</b>. a [[fair-sized]] fig, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.140</span>; of Time, <b class="b3">μ. μῆκος λόγων</b> the [[proper]] length of speech, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>338b</span>; <b class="b3">μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς</b> a [[fair average]] time of maturity, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span> 460e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> of Number, [<b class="b3">ἱππεῖς] μ</b>. [[a reasonable number of]]... <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> mostly of Degree, [[moderate]], ἔργα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>306</span>; μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1059</span> (lyr.); μ. χάρις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>554</span> (lyr.); σῖτος -ώτατος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>1.3</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μ</b>. [[the mean]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1212</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>719e</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>284e</span>; ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1295b4</span>; περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.13.5</span>; πέρα τοῦ μ. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.1.4</span>; ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. Plu.2.656f; τὰ μ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>125</span> (anap.); εἴη γ' ἐμοὶ μέτρια <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ion</span>632</span>; τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.6.22</span>; μ. καὶ δίκαια <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span> 1137</span>; <b class="b3">μ. φιλία</b> a friendship [[not too great]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>253</span> (anap.); μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων… κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>503</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι</b> [[simple]] dress, <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span>; <b class="b3">μετρία φυλακῇ</b> [[not in strict]] custody, <span class="bibl">Id.4.30</span>; βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>466b</span>; <b class="b3">μ. σχῆμα</b> [[modest]] apparel, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span>511e</span>; μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1292b26</span>; <b class="b3">οἱ μ</b>. [[respectable people]], <span class="bibl">D.18.10</span>; later, [[poor]], μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>120.7</span> (iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., <b class="b3">ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν</b> [[just sufficient]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>117b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[tolerable]], οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>179</span> (lyr.); ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ' ἀμήχανον ἄλγος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>140</span> (lyr.); μ. ἄχθος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>884</span> (anap.); κακά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>722</span>; <b class="b3">ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν</b> ib. <span class="bibl">688</span>; <b class="b3">μετρίων δεομένῳ</b> making a [[moderate]] request, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.84</span>; τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων <span class="bibl">Lys.9.4</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ μ</b>. [[tolerable]] terms. Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.165</span>; ἐπὶ μετρίοις <span class="bibl">Th.4.22</span>; <b class="b3">μηδὲν μ. λέγειν</b> nothing [[tolerably accurate]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span> 181b</span>; -<b class="b3">ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία</b> [[least intolerable]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1289b4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.532.17</span> (Sup.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of Persons, [[moderate]] in desires and the like, [[temperate]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>245</span>; -ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά <span class="bibl">Th.6.89</span>; μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>816b</span>; σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ' ἡμέραν δίαιταν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.170</span>; ἐν τῷ σίτῳ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.2.17</span>; of Love, <b class="b3">μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ</b> (sc. [[Ἀφροδίτης]]) μετέσχον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>543</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>967</span> (lyr.); εἰ δ' ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ' ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1105</span>; also, [[moderate]], [[fair]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.615</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>396c</span>, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states, μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος <span class="bibl">D.21.185</span>; <b class="b3">σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν</b> ib.134; <b class="b3">μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους</b> [[mild]] towards... <span class="bibl">Th.1.77</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[proportionate]], [[fitting]], μισθὸς σώφροσι μ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>18b</span>; μ. λόγοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">enjoying 'middling' health</b> (cf. μετριάζω <span class="bibl">1.3</span>), <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>8(1).182. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">B</span> Adv. [[μετρίως]] [[moderately]], [[within due limits]], ἀπηγήσεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.161</span>; [[in due measure]], [[neither exaggerating nor depreciating]], εἰπεῖν <span class="bibl">Th.2.35</span>; λέγειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>518b</span>; μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.171</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἔχειν</b> to be [[in due proportion]], neither too much nor too little, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>191d</span>; <b class="b3">μ. ἔχειν βίου</b> to be [[moderately well]] off, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>; μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>305d</span>: Comp. [[μετριώτερον]] (infr. <span class="bibl">3</span>), also -ωτέρως <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>587a1</span>: Sup. -ώτατα <span class="bibl">Th.6.88</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[enough]], μ. κεχόρευται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1511</span> (anap.); μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span> 969</span>; [[moderately]], [[pretty well]], ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>936b</span>; σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. <span class="bibl">D.6.19</span>; <b class="b3">μ. [λέγειν</b>] <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>262</span>; ἀποδέξασθαι μ. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>161b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[modestly]], [[temperately]], χαίρειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>921</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>709</span>; ἀποκρίνασθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.20</span>; μ. βεβιωκώς <span class="bibl">Lys. 16.3</span> (but <b class="b3">μ. διάγειν</b> to be [[moderately]] off, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>1.8</span>); πενθεῖν μ. <span class="bibl">Antiph.53.1</span>; φέρειν <span class="bibl">Plb.3.85.9</span>; [[on fair terms]], μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι <span class="bibl">Th.4.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">20</span>: Comp. -ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>4.3.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> μ. ἔχειν <b class="b2">to be in 'middling' health</b>, PLips.108.6 (ii/iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> neut. [[μέτριον]] and [[μέτρια]] as Adv., μέτριον ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>846c</span> (sed leg. [[μέτρον]]) ; μέτρια βασανισθείς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>237b</span>: also with Art., τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.4.26</span>; τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th.4.19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.84</span>.</span>