A.measure out, measure, “χρόνον” E.IA816; “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” LXXDe.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.OT795; 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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