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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[measure through]], [[measure out]] or [[measure off]], <b class="b3">χῶρον διαμετρέω</b> [[measure]] [[list]]s for [[combat]], Il.3.315; [[survey]], χώραν ''OGI''502.12 (Aezani): abs., μετρῶν καὶ δ. καὶ [[λογιζόμενος]] D.Chr.40.7:—Med., Plb.6.41.3, Max. Tyr.6.3:—Pass., [[ἡμέρα]] διαμεμετρημένη = [[day]] [[measured]] by the [[clepsydra]], [[legal]] [[day]] D.19.120, Arist.''Ath.''67.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[measure out in portions]], [[distribute]], μεδίμνους δ. τισὶ τῆς καθεστηκυίας τιμῆς D.34.39; <b class="b3">οὐδὲν διαμετρέω τοῖς στρατιώταις</b> [[give out]] no [[ration]]s to the [[soldier]]s, X.''An.''7.1.40, cf. 41, etc.:—Med., [[divide]] [[amongst]] [[themselves]], Orac. ap. Hdt.1.66, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.9; [[receive as one's share]], D.34.37:—Med. in act. sense, Call.''Ap.''55, ''Dian.'' 36.<br><span class="bld">3</span> Med., [[διαμετρέω τὸν βίον]] = [[die]], Procop.''Aed.''3.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[measure with the eye]], [[scan]], [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 5.306, al.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[pass over]], [[traverse]], Ὑδάσπην ib.23.149, cf. 22.42.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Astron., δ. φάεσιν φάος ἀντικέλευθον to [[be in opposition]], Man.4.74, cf. 296, Gal.19.557: c. acc., to [[be diametrically opposite to]], τὸν ἥλιον Cleom.1.11: abs., ibid., Simp.inCael.480.6; ὁκόταν ὁ χειμὼν διαμετρέῃ τῷ κατὰ λόγον Hp. ''Ep.''19 (''Hermes'' 53.70).