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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., μετριάζω ἐν ταῖς [[εὐπραξία]]ις D.20.162; περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''784e; περὶ τὸ [[δίκαιον]] D.H.13.13; πρὸς λύπην [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 603e; ἐπί τινι Luc.''Im.''21; <b class="b3">μετριάζω ἐν τῷ προθύμῳ</b> [[show]] but [[moderate]] [[zeal]], Hdn.8.3.5: c. gen., μετριάζω 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> [[οἱ μετριάζοντες]] = 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 μετριάσαι 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 [[τιμωρία]]ν Ph.1.41.