μέτρον: Difference between revisions

|txtha=μέτρου, τό, the Sept. [[chiefly]] for מִדָּה (cf. [[μήτηρ]]), [[measure]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b> an [[instrument]] for measuring;<br /><b class="num">a.</b> a [[vessel]] for receiving and determining the [[quantity]] of things, [[whether]] [[dry]] or [[liquid]]: in [[proverbial]] [[discourse]], μέτρειν μέτρῳ, of the [[measure]] of the benefits [[which]] [[one]] confers on others, [[μέτρον]] πεπιεσμένον καί σεσαλευμένον, [[figuratively]] equivalent to [[most]] [[abundant]] [[requital]], ibid.; πληροῦν τό [[μέτρον]] τῶν πατέρων, to [[add]] [[what]] is [[lacking]] in [[order]] to [[fill]] up [[their]] ancestors' prescribed [[number]] of crimes, [[πληρόω]], 2a.); ἐκ μέτρου (A. V. by [[measure]]; [[see]] ἐκ, V:3) i. e. [[sparingly]], ἐν μέτρῳ, a graduated [[staff]] for measuring, measuring-[[rod]]: ἀνθρώπου added ([[man]]'s [[measure]]), [[such]] as men [[use]], the [[rule]] or [[standard]] of [[judgment]]: [[determined]] [[extent]], [[portion]] [[measured]] [[off]], [[measure]] or [[limit]]: [[with]] a genitive of the [[thing]] [[received]], ἐν μέτρῳ, in [[proportion]] to the [[measure]] (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 48, a. 3b. and [[see]] [[ἐνέργεια]]; others, in [[due]] [[measure]]), the required [[measure]], the [[due]], [[fit]], [[measure]]: τῆς ἡλικίας, the [[proper]] i. e. [[ripe]], [[full]] [[age]] ([[see]] [[ἡλικία]], 1c.) (of a [[man]]), ἡβης, [[Homer]], Iliad 11,225; [[Odyssey]] 11,317; [[Solon]] 5,52 (Poet. Min. Gr. (edited by Gaisford) 3:135)).