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|Definition=ον, (μέτρον) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[commensurate with]], [[of like measure]] or [[of like size with]], σύμμετρος σῷ ποδί (sc. ἡ [[βάσις]]) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>533</span>; χαμεύνῃ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 676</span>; βόστρυχον . . σύμμετρον τῷ σῷ κάρᾳ = [[exactly]] [[like]] it, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>230</span>: esp. of Time, [[commensurate with]], [[keeping even with]], δαλὸν ἥλικα ξύμμετρόν τε διαὶ βίου ib.<span class="bibl">610</span> (lyr.); τῷδε τἀνδρὶ σ. [[being]] of like age with him, <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">OT</span>1113</span>; [[ποίᾳ ξύμμετρος προὔβην τύχῃ]]; = [[coincident with what chance have I come]]? i.e. in the very nick of time, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>387</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>26</span> (infr. <span class="bibl">111</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Mathematics, [[having a common measure]], σύμμετροι αἱ τῷ αὐτῷ μέτρῳ μετρούμεναι (sc. [[γραμμαί]]) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">LI</span>968b6</span>; freq. denied of the relation between the [[diagonal]] of a [[square]] and its [[side]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">APo.</span>71b27</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>41a26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>221b25</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1392a18</span>; τὸ [[νόμισμα]] πάντα ποιεῖ σύμμετρα [[commensurable]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1133b22</span>; [[μήκει οὐ σύμμετροι τῇ ποδιαίᾳ]] = [[not lineally commensurate with the one-foot side]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>147d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">148b</span>: Comp., of musical intervals, ταῖς αἰσθήσεσιν εὐληπτότερα τὰ συμμετρότερα <span class="bibl">Ptol.<span class="title">Harm.</span>1.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[in accord with the metre]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Eleg.</span>1</span>; σύμμετροι ἐπεκτύπεον ποδῶν χορείαις [[in time]], <span class="bibl">Tim. <span class="title">Pers.</span>213</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[in measure with]], [[proportionable]], [[exactly suitable]], [[λόγοι ἀνδράσι σ]]. <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.83</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.110</span>, <span class="bibl">12.135</span>; [[γῆ θηρίοις μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρώποις σ]]. <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.26</span>; σ. πρός τι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>625d</span>, Metrod.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1, etc.; c. dat., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>76d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>67c</span>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>81</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[in right measure]], [[in due proportion]], [[symmetrical]], opp. [[ὑπερβάλλων]] and [[ἐλλείπων]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1104a18</span>, al.; τὸ σ. καὶ καλόν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>66b</span>; τῶν φύσει ξηροτέρων . . ὡς πρὸς τὸν σ. παραβάλλειν Gal.6.360, cf. 27, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> generally, [[fitting]], [[meet]], [[due]], ξύμμετρον δ' ἔπος λέγω <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>532</span> (lyr.); δένδρον πολυκαρπότερον τοῦ συμμέτρου <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>86c</span>, cf. Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.288S., al.; [[ξύμμετρος ὡς κλύειν]] = [[within fit distance]] for hearing, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>84</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[moderate]], πόνοι <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.12</span>; ὥστε σύμμετρον . . τὸ πνεῦμα . . ποιεῖν <span class="bibl">Antiph.202.16</span>; σ. τροφαί <span class="bibl">Sor.1.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">49</span>, al.; σ. [[στέγη]] [[moderate in size]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>8.13</span>; [[of suitable size]], σκῆπτρον <span class="title">OGI</span>56.62 (Canopus, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[συμμέτρως]] [[in moderation]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.32</span>, etc.; [[in due time]], ἀφίκετο <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>26</span>; [[συμμέτρως πρὸς ἑωυτόν]] = [[conveniently]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Off.</span>3</span>; [[συμμέτρως ἔχειν πρός τι]] = to [[be in proportion to]]... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.16</span>; εἴς τι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span> 834a15</span>; σ. ἴσχειν λεπτότητος καὶ πάχους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>85c</span>; τὸ μετὰ νοῦ καὶ τὸ σ. <span class="bibl">Nicom.Com.1.36</span>; = [[μετρίως]], [[φέρειν]] <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).396.31 (Amorgos, ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.2.5</span>. Comp. [[συμμετρότερον]] [[more fittingly]], <span class="bibl">D.61.27</span> (v.l. [[συμμετρώτερον]]).</span>

|elnltext=σύμμετρος -ον Att. ook ξύμμετρος [σύν, μέτρον] van ruimte even groot (als); met dezelfde maat (als); met dat.. ἀρβύλης σκέψαι βάσιν εἰ σύμμετρος σῷ ποδί γενήσεται kijk of de afdruk van de sandaal dezelfde maten zal hebben als jouw voet Eur. El. 533. symmetrisch, met de juiste verhoudingen of afmetingen; subst.. τὸ σ. καὶ καλόν de symmetrie en de schoonheid Plat. Phlb. 66b; ξύμμετρος ὡς κλύειν op de juiste afstand om te horen Soph. OT 84; ἵνα συμμέτρως λεπτότητος ἴσχοι καὶ πάχους opdat het een juiste verhouding van dunheid en dikte heeft Plat. Tim. 85c. wisk. evenredig (aan), commensurabel (met), met dat. van tijd gelijktijdig (met), van dezelfde leeftijd (als); met dat.. ποίᾳ ξύμμετρος προὔβην τύχῃ; met welk toeval ben ik tegelijk gekomen? Soph. Ant. 387; ἐν... μακρῷ γήρᾳ ξυνᾴδει τῷδε τἀνδρὶ σύμμετρος op hoge leeftijd stemt hij overeen met deze man Soph. OT 1113. op het juiste moment, tijdig:. Eur. Alc. 26. uitbr. overeenkomstig, gelijk aan:; βόστρυχον... σύμμετρον τῷ σῷ κάρᾳ een haarlok die overeenkomt met jouw hoofd Aeschl. Ch. 230; overdr. passend (bij), geschikt (voor), met dat..; λόγοι τοιούτοις ἀνδράσι σύμμετροι woorden die bij dergelijke mannen passen Isocr. 4.83; subst. τὸ συμμέτρον de norm, de juiste maat:. δένδρον πολυκαρπότερον τοῦ συμμέτρου een boom die meer vruchten draagt dan normaal is Plat. Tim. 86c.