συμμετρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[commensurability]], opp. [[ἀσυμμετρία]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1061b1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1004b11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EN</span>1133b18</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὴν σ. τῶν καθ' ἡμᾶς ἀνθρώπων</b> [[in comparison]] with, measured by the [[standard]] of... <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PMonac.</span>6.39</span> (vi A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[symmetry]], [[due proportion]], one of the characteristics of beauty and goodness, <b class="b3">βίου συμμετρίῃ</b> by [[harmony]] of life, <span class="bibl">Democr. 191</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>64e</span> sq.; <b class="b3">ἡ νυκτὸς πρὸς ἡμέραν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>530a</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ πρὸς ἄλληλα σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>228c</span>; of exercise to food, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>1.2</span>; τροφῆς καὶ ἀέρος <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.9.13</span>; σ. τῶν λαμβανομένων <span class="bibl">Sor.1.94</span>; σιτίων τε καὶ πομάτων Gal.6.7; τῶν φαρμάκων Id.13.988; <b class="b3">κατὰ μίαν σ</b>. in a fixed [[proportion]], Id.6.272; <b class="b3">παρὰ τὴν σ</b>. out of [[proportion]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1308b12</span>; but <b class="b3">σ. πρός τι</b>, also, <b class="b2">proportion calculated to produce . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>66d</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ τῶν καλῶν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sph.</span>235e</span>; ὑγίειαν ἐν . . σ. θερμῶν καὶ ψυχρῶν τίθεμεν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>246b5</span>, cf. Gal.6.13,15, al.; <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ τῶν γάμων χρόνου σ</b>. [[suitability]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>925a</span>: pl., <b class="b3">αἱ σ</b>. the [[proportions]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ti.</span>87d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sph.</span> 235d</span>, <span class="bibl">236a</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[suitable relation]], [[convenient size]], πόρων <span class="bibl">Epicur. <span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.49U.</span>: pl., σ. καὶ ἁρμονίαι τῶν . . πόρων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>250</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[a woman's robe without a train]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.341.7</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Poll.7.54</span>, Hsch.</span>

|elnltext=συμμετρία -ας, ἡ, Att. ook ξυμμετρία [συμμετρέω] de juiste verhouding, evenredigheid, proportie, symmetrie; met πρός + acc. met iets; met gen. en πρός + acc.:; νυκτὸς πρὸς ἡμέραν σ. de symmetrie tussen dag en nacht Plat. Resp. 530a; αἱ συμμετρίαι de juiste verhoudingen Plat. Sph. 228c; παρὰ τὴν συμμετρίαν buiten proportie Aristot. Pol. 1308b12; overdr.. βίου de harmonie van het leven Democr. B 191. geschiktheid, passendheid, juistheid:. τῶν γάμων χρόνου σ. het juiste moment om te trouwen Plat. Lg. 925a.