Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μετρητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μετρητός μετρητή μετρητόν

Structure: μετρητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: metre/w

Sense

  1. measurable

Examples

  • πολλὰ γὰρ ἕκαστοσ ὁ ἀριθμὸσ ὅτι ἕνα καὶ ὅτι μετρητὸσ ἑνὶ ἕκαστοσ, καὶ ὡσ τὸ ἀντικείμενον τῷ ἑνί, οὐ τῷ ὀλίγῳ. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 10 95:3)
  • ἔπειθ’ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν τε καὶ τῆσ χώρασ ἵσταται, προϊὼν ἀεὶ πρὸσ τὸ μήκιστον μετρητὸσ ἤδη. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 33:5)

Synonyms

  1. measurable

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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