μέτρημα
τὸν θάνατον τί φοβεῖσθε, τὸν ἡσυχίης γενετῆρα, τὸν παύοντα νόσους καὶ πενίης ὀδύνας → why fear ye death, the parent of repose, who numbs the sense of penury and pain
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A measured distance, E.Ion1138; measurement, λίθοι . . ὧν μ. στερεὸν πόδες ἑπτακόσιοι Supp.Epigr.4.446.11 (Didyma, ii B. C.). 2 measure, allowance, dole, E.IT954; soldier's rations, Plb.6.38.3, OGI229.106 (Smyrna, ii B. C.), PLond. 1.23.26 (ii B. C.); pay, Plb.9.27.11: in pl., deliveries in kind, POxy. 1221.4 (iii/iv A. D.): sg., amount so delivered, PCair.Zen.223.5 (iii B. C.); μ. θησαυροῦ Ostr.Bodl. v D9 (i A. D.), al.
German (Pape)
[Seite 162] τό, das Zugemessene, Eur. Ion 1138; bes. das gewöhnliche Maaß Getreide für die Soldaten, Pol. 6, 38, 3; auch der Sold, 9, 27, 11.
