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μέτριος

μέτριος, μέτριος α ον, fair, moderate, reasonable (adjective)

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μετρίω Adjective: masculine nominative dual, Adjective: masculine vocative dual, Adjective: masculine accusative dual, Adjective: feminine nominative dual, Adjective: feminine vocative dual, Adjective: feminine accusative dual, Adjective: neuter nominative dual, Adjective: neuter vocative dual, Adjective: neuter accusative dual, Adjective: masculine genitive singular, Adjective: feminine genitive singular, Adjective: neuter genitive singular of μέτριος

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μέτριος, α, ον, also ος, ον Pl. Ti. 59d; Aeol. μέτερρος Lyr.Adesp. 66 (but μέτριος Sapph. Oxy. 1231.5): (μέτρον):—
  • within measure, moderate, and so,
    • I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, Hdt. 2.32; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, Id. 1.178; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, Diocl. Fr. 140; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, Pl. Prt. 338b; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, Id. R. 460e.
    • II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of . ., X. Cyr. 2.4.14.
    • III mostly of Degree, moderate, ἔργα Hes. Op. 306; μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου A. Supp. 1059 (lyr.); μ. χάρις E. IA 554 (lyr.); σῖτος -ώτατος X. Lac. 1.3; τὸ μ. the mean, S. OC 1212 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Lg. 719e, Plt. 284e; ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον Arist. Pol. 1295b4; περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. X. Mem. 3.13.5; πέρα τοῦ μ. Thphr. CP 6.1.4; ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. Plu. QConv. 2.656f; τὰ μ. E. Med. 125 (anap.); εἴη γʼ ἐμοὶ μέτρια Id. Ion 632; τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι X. Mem. 2.6.22; μ. καὶ δίκαια Ar. Nu. 1137; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, E. Hipp. 253 (anap.); μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων . . κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον Id. Fr. 503 (anap.); μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, Th. 1.6; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, Id. 4.30; βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος Pl. R. 466b; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, Id. Grg. 511e; μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι Arist. Pol. 1292b26; οἱ μ. respectable people, D. 18.10; later, poor, μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς POxy. 120.7 (iv A. D.), etc.: with inf., ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, Pl. Phd. 117b.
      • 2 tolerable, οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών S. Ph. 179 (lyr.); ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπʼ ἀμήχανον ἄλγος Id. El. 140 (lyr.); μ. ἄχθος E. Alc. 884 (anap.); κακά Id. Tr. 722; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν ib. 688; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, Hdt. 4.84; τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων Lys. 9.4; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decr. ap. D. 18.165; ἐπὶ μετρίοις Th. 4.22; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, Pl. Tht. 181b; -ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, Arist. Pol. 1289b4, cf. Men. 532.17 (Sup.).
      • 3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like, temperate, Ar. Pl. 245; -ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Th. 6.89; μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς Pl. Lg. 816b; σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθʼ ἡμέραν δίαιταν Aeschin. 3.170; ἐν τῷ σίτῳ X. Cyr. 5.2.17; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (sc. Ἀφροδίτης) μετέσχον E. IA 543 (lyr.), cf. Fr. 967 (lyr.); εἰ δʼ ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γʼ ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας Id. Hel. 1105; also, moderate, fair, Thgn. 615, Pl. R. 396c, etc.; a favourite word in democratic states, μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος D. 21.185; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν ib. 134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους mild towards . ., Th. 1.77.
      • 4 proportionate, fitting, μισθὸς σώφροσι μ. Pl. Ti. 18b; μ. λόγοι X. Smp. 8.3.
      • 5 enjoying ‘middling’ health (cf. μετριάζω I.3), Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(1).182.
  • B Adv. μετρίως moderately, within due limits, ἀπηγήσεσθαι Hdt. 2.161; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating, εἰπεῖν Th. 2.35; λέγειν Pl. R. 518b; μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες Isoc. 12.171; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, Pl. Tht. 191d; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, Hdt. 1.32; μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν Pl. Euthd. 305d: Comp. μετριώτερον (infr. 3), also -ωτέρως Arist. HA 587a1: Sup. -ώτατα Th. 6.88, etc.
      • 2 enough, μ. κεχόρευται Ar. Nu. 1511 (anap.); μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα Id. Ec. 969; moderately, pretty well, ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ Pl. Lg. 936b; σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. D. 6.19; μ. [λέγειν] Men. Pk. 262; ἀποδέξασθαι μ. Pl. Tht. 161b.
      • 3 modestly, temperately, χαίρειν E. IA 921, cf. HF 709; ἀποκρίνασθαι X. An. 2.3.20; μ. βεβιωκώς Lys. 16.3 (but μ. διάγειν to be moderately off, X. Hier. 1.8); πενθεῖν μ. Antiph. 53.1; φέρειν Plb. 3.85.9; on fair terms, μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι Th. 4.19, cf. 20: Comp. -ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν X. Cyr. 4.3.7.
      • 4 μ. ἔχειν to be in ‘middling’ health, PLips. 108.6 (ii/iii A. D.).
    • II neut. μέτριον and μέτρια as Adv., μέτριον ἔχειν Pl. Lg. 846c (sed leg. μέτρον) ; μέτρια βασανισθείς Id. Sph. 237b: also with Art., τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι X. Cyr. 2.4.26; τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι Th. 4.19, cf. 8.84.

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