Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, μέτρον

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ὠβάζω - ὠκύς

Ὠγύγιος

ᾠδοποιός

ὠθίζομαι

ὠθισμός

Ὠκεανίνη

ὠκεανίς

Ὠκεανῖτις

Ὠκεανόνδε

Ὠκεανός

ὠκύαλος

ὠκυβόλος

ὠκυδήκτωρ

ὠκυδίδακτος

ὠκυδίνητος

ὠκύδρομος

ὠκυεπής

ὠκύθοος

ὠκυμάχος

ὠκύμορος

ὠκυπέτης

ὠκύποινος

ὠκύπομπος

ὠκύπορος

ὠκύπους

ὠκύπτερος

ὠκυρόης

ὠκύρους

ὠκύσκοπος

ὠκύτης - ὤρα

ὥρασι - ὤψ

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μέτρον ¹

I.that by which anything is measured:

1.a measure or rule, Il.; ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. εἶναι is a measure of all things, Plat.

2.a measure of content, whether solid or liquid, δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μέτρα Il.; εἴκοσι μέτρα ἀλφίτου Od.

3.measure, length, size, μέτρα κελεύθου the length of the way, Od.; μέτρον ἑξήκοντα σταδίους Thuc.; μέτρον ἥβης full measure, i. e. the prime, of youth, Il.; μέτρα μορφῆς one's size and shape, Eur.

4.due measure or limit, proportion, μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι Hes.; κατὰ μέτρον id=Hes. ὑπὲρ μέτρον Theogn.; πλέον μέτρου Plat.;— μέτρῷ μετρίως, Pind.

II.metre, opp. to μέλος (tune)and ῥυθμός (time), Ar., Plat.

2.a verse, Plat.

1 μέτρον, ου, τό,

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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