within measure, and so,
II.of Number, few, Xen.
III.of Degree, holding to the mean, moderate, Hes., Eur., etc.:—of a mean or middle state, opp. to a high or low estate, Trag., etc.; τὸ μέτριον the mean, Lat. aurea mediocritas, Soph.; so, τὰ μέτρια Eur., etc.; —so, μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, id=Eur.; μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι common dress, Thuc.; μετρίᾳ φυλακῇ not in strict custody, id=Thuc.; οἱ μέτριοι common men, the common sort, Dem.:—also, ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι just sufficient, Plat.
3.of Persons, moderate, temperate, virtuous, Theogn., Eur.; μετριώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά Thuc.; μέτρ. πρὸς δίαιταν Aeschin.
4.proportionate, fitting, Xen.
B.adv. μετρίως, moderately, within due limits, in due measure, fairly, Hdt., Thuc., etc.; μ. ἔχειν τοῦ βίου to be moderately well off, Hdt.:—comp. μετριώτερον, Sup. -ώτατα, Thuc.
2.enough, sufficiently, Ar., etc.
3.modestly, temperately, Eur., Xen.:— to fair terms, Thuc.