mevtr. pro;" divaitan Aeschin.
4.
proportionate, fitting,
Xen.
B.
Adv.
metrivw"
,
moderately, within due limits, in due measure, fairly,
Hdt., Thuc., etc.;
m. e[cein tou` bivou
to be
moderately
well off, Hdt.:—Comp.
metriwvteron
, Sup.
-wvtata
, Thuc.
2.
enough, sufficiently,
Ar., etc.
3.
modestly, temperately,
Eur., Xen.:—
to fair terms,
Thuc.
II.
the neut.
mevtrion
and
mevtria
are also used as Adv., Plat.:—with Art.,
to; mevtrion
Xen.;
ta; mevtria
Thuc. Hence
metriovth"
metriovth"
metriovth" , hto", hJ , moderation, Thuc., Plat.; m. tw`n sivtwn moderation in food, Xen.
II. a middle condition, Lat. mediocritas , Arist.
mevtron, ME vTRON, mevtron
ME vTRON , tov , that by which anything is measured:
1.
a measure
or
rule,
Il.;
a[ndra pavntwn crhmavtwn m. ei\nai
is
a measure
of all things, Plat.
2.
a measure of content,
whether solid or liquid,
dw`ken mevqu, civlia mevtra
Il.;
ei[kosi mevtra ajlfivtou
Od.
3. measure, length, size, mevtra keleuvqou the length of the way, Od.; mevtron eJxhvkonta stadivou" Thuc.; mevtron h{bh" full measure, i.e. the prime, of youth, Il.; mevtra morfh`" ones size and shape, Eur.
4. due measure or limit, proportion, mevtra fulavssesqai Hes.; kata; mevtron Id. uJpe;r mevtron Theogn. ; plevon mevtrou Plat.;— mevtrw/ = metrivw" , Pind.
II.
metre,
opp. to
mevlo"
(tune)and
rJuqmov"
(time), Ar., Plat.
2.
a verse,
Plat.
metwphdovn
metwphdovn , ( mevtwpon ) Adv. with front-foremost; of ships, forming a close front, in line, Hdt.; opp. to ejpi; kevrw" (in column), Thuc.
metwpivdio"
metwpivdio" , on , ( mevtwpon ) on the forehead, Anth.
metwvpion
met-wvpion , tov , = mevtwpon , the forehead, Il.
mevtwpon
mevt-wpon , tov , ( metav, w[y ) the space between the eyes, the brow, forehead, Hom., etc.
II. the front or face of a wall or building, Hdt.: the front of an army or fleet, Aesch., Xen.; ejpi; metwvpou or ejn metwvpw/ in line, opp. to ejpi; kevrw" or kevra" (in column), Xen.
meu`
meu` , Ep. and Ion. for mou` , gen. of ejgwv .
mevcri, ME vCRI
ME vCR ØI , and mevcri" , Adv. to a given point, even so far,
I. before a Prep. mevcri prov" , Lat. usque ad , Plat.:—so before Advs., m. deu`ro tou` lovgou Id.; m. tovte Thuc.
II. serving as a Prep. c. gen. even to, as far as,