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ἐκμετρέω

ἐκμετρέω, to measure out, measure

ἐκμετρ-έω,
  • measure out, measure, χρόνον E. IA 816; κύκλος τις ὡς τόρνοισιν ἐκμετρούμενος Id. Fr. 382; ἐ. τὸν βίον to end life, to die, Tz. H. 3.800: abs., measure a distance, ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις LXX De. 21.2:—freq. in Med., measure for oneself, measure out, ἄστροις..ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα measuring, calculating its position by the stars (for he was an exile), S. OT 795; take measure of, τὰ ἐκείνου ὅπλα X. Cyr. 6.4.2, cf. Plb. 5.98.2:—Pass., PTeb. 61 (b). 258 (ii B.C.), etc.

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