measure
Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
measures and weights: V. μέτρα… καὶ μέρη σταθμῶν (Euripides, Phoenissae 541; cf. Ar., Av. 1040-1041).
criterion: P. and V. κανών, ὁ.
limit: P. and V. ὅρος, ὁ, πέρας, τό.
due limit: P. and V. μέτρον, τό.
beyond measure: use adv., V. ὑπερμέτρως; (Euripides, Fragment); see also excessively.
allowance: P. μέτρον, τό (Plato, Republic 621A), V. μέτρημα, τό.
time, rhythm: P. and V. ῥυθμός, ὁ.
legislative act: P. and V. ψήφισμα, τό.
measures, policy: P. προαίρεσις, ἡ.
take measures, v.: P. and V. βουλεύεσθαι.
take extreme measures: P. and V. ἀνήκεστόν τι δρᾶν, P. ἀνήκεστόν τι βουλεύειν (Thuc. 1, 132).
in like measure: P. and V. ἐξ ἴσου.
he contributed in some small measure to…: P. μέρος τι συνεβάλετο (gen.).
have hard measure, v.: P. and V. κακῶς πάσχειν.
measure for measure: P. ἴσα ἀντ' ἴσων; see tit for tat.
repay measure for measure: V. τὸν αὐτὸν… τίσασθαι τρόπον (Aesch., Theb. 638).
requite in equal measure: P. τοῖς ὁμοίοις ἀμύνεσθαι (acc.).
verb transitive
P. and V. μετρεῖν, σταθμᾶσθαι (Plato), συμμετρεῖσθαι, ἀναμετρεῖν (or mid.), V. σταθμᾶν; (mid. also in P.), ἐκμετρεῖν (or mid.) (also Xen. but rare P.).
measure out: P. and V. μετρεῖν, P. διαμετρεῖν, V. ἐκμετρεῖν; (or mid.) (also Xen. but rare P.).