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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> to [[be moderate]], [[keep measure]], S.''Ph.''1183 (lyr.), Th.1.76, Arist.''Pol.''1298a40; τινι in a thing, ib.1314b33: with Preps., μ. ἐν ταῖς εὐπραξίαις D.20.162; περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα Pl.''Lg.''784e; περὶ τὸ δίκαιον D.H.13.13; πρὸς λύπην [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 603e; ἐπί τινι Luc.''Im.''21; <b class="b3">μ. ἐν τῷ προθύμῳ</b> [[show]] but [[moderate]] zeal, Hdn.8.3.5: c. gen., μ. τῶν παθῶν Hierocl. ''in CA''10p.436M.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of disease, [[remit]], [[abate]], opp. [[παροξύνεσθαι]], Gal.16.711.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, [[be only middling]], to [[be unwell]], Men.1037, [[LXX]] ''Ne.''2.2, Poet. de herb.3.<br><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">οἱ μετριάζοντες</b>, = [[οἱ μέτριον τὸ αἰδοῖον ἔχοντες]], Arist.''GA''718a24.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[jest]], Sch.Ar.''V.'' 64.<br><span class="bld">II</span> trans., [[moderate]], [[regulate]], [[control]], ὅρκοις μ. ψυχὴν νέαν Pl. ''Lg.''692b; [τὴν βασιλείαν] Arist.''Pol.''1313a26; <b class="b3">τι ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκφορίου</b> [[reduce]] our rent, ''PCair.Zen.''433.12 (iii B. C.); τὴν τιμωρίαν Ph.1.41.