μέτρον: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=![[μέτρον]], ου, τό,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> that by [[which]] [[anything]] is [[measured]]:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[measure]] or [[rule]], Il.; ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. [[εἶναι]] is a [[measure]] of all things, Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[measure]] of [[content]], [[whether]] [[solid]] or [[liquid]], δῶκεν [[μέθυ]], χίλια μέτρα Il.; [[εἴκοσι]] μέτρα ἀλφίτου Od.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[measure]], [[length]], [[size]], μέτρα κελεύθου the [[length]] of the way, Od.; [[μέτρον]] [[ἑξήκοντα]] σταδίους Thuc.; [[μέτρον]] ἥβης [[full]] [[measure]], i. e. the [[prime]], of [[youth]], Il.; μέτρα μορφῆς one's [[size]] and [[shape]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> due [[measure]] or [[limit]], [[proportion]], μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι Hes.; κατὰ [[μέτρον]] Hes. [[ὑπὲρ]] [[μέτρον]] Theogn.; [[πλέον]] μέτρου Plat.;— μέτρῳ= [[μετρίως]], Pind.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> [[metre]], opp. to [[μέλος]] ([[tune]])and [[ῥυθμός]] ([[time]]), Ar., Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[verse]], Plat.