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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[measure out to]], οὐκ ἐπιδώσω οὐδ' ἐπιμετρήσω Hes.''Op.'' 397:—Pass., <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπιμετρεόμενος σῖτος</b> the corn [[paid by measure]] to the Persians, Hdt.3.91.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. [[add to the measure]], [[give over and above]], ἐ. ὀβολὸν τοῖς ναύταις Plu.''Lys.''4, cf. ''Alex.''42; <b class="b3">ἄλλα τοσαῦτα [ἔτη]</b> Luc.''DMort.''5.1; <b class="b3">ἐ. στρατηγίας χρόνον</b> [[prolong]] one's magistracy, Plu. ''Comp.Ages.Pomp.''3, etc.; [[add]], in speaking, πολλά Plb.28.17.2, etc.: c. gen. partit., <b class="b3">ἐ. σκωμμάτων</b> [[add]] some jests, Luc.''Nav.''19; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινί</b> [[add to]] it, ib.18, Plb.3.118.6: abs., [[add insult to injury]], Id.5.15.8; so τὸ ἐπιμετροῦν τῆς ἀπεχθείας Id.12.15.12.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. <b class="b3">ἐ. τὸν οὐρανόν</b> [[measure]] it, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in Luc.''Icar.''6.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. [[reduce to measure]] or [[order]], [[τὸν]] ἀνθρώπινον βίον Hierocl. [[mCA]]20p.462M.<br><span class="bld">IV</span>. intr., <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπιμετρῶν</b> [[λόγος]], of [[superfluous]] additions, Plb.7.7.7, al.