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μέτρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μέτρον μέτρου

Structure: μετρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Sense

  1. something used to measure: measure, rule, weight
  2. length, width, breadth
  3. (music) metre

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐ ποιήσετε ἄδικον ἐν κρίσει, ἐν μέτροισ καὶ ἐν σταθμοῖσ καὶ ἐν ζυγοῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:35)
  • τὴν μὲν τοίνυν ψυχὴν μουσικῇ τὸ πρῶτον καὶ ἀριθμητικῇ ἀναρριπίζομεν, καὶ γράμματα γράψασθαι καὶ τορῶσ αὐτὰ ἐπιλέξασθαι διδάσκομεν προϊοῦσιν δὲ ἤδη σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν γνώμασ καὶ ἔργα παλαιὰ καὶ λόγουσ ὠφελίμουσ ἐν μέτροισ κατακοσμήσαντεσ, ὡσ μᾶλλον μνημονεύοιεν, ῥαψῳδοῦμεν αὐτοῖσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 21:1)
  • καὶ ξυνέπαιζε καὶ ἐγελωτοποίει καὶ ἐπέσκωπτε καὶ ἐν ῥυθμῷ ἔβαινε πρὸσ αὐλὸν ἐνίοτε, καὶ τὸ ὅλον, ἀναπαίστοισ μέτροισ ἐποχουμένη τὰ πολλά, τοὺσ τοῦ διαλόγου ἑταίρουσ ἐχλεύαζε φροντιστὰσ καὶ μετεωρολέσχασ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα προσαγορεύουσα· (Lucian, Prometheus es in verbis 15:1)
  • ὁπόσα γὰρ ἢ ποιηταὶ μέτροισ διακοσμήσαντεσ ἢ ῥήτορεσ δεινότητι κρατύναντεσ ἐξενηνόχασιν ἢ συγγραφεῖσ ἱστορήκασιν ἢ φιλόσοφοι παρῃνέκασι,^ πᾶσι τούτοισ ἡ εἰκὼν κεκοσμήσθω, οὐκ ἄχρι τοῦ ἐπικεχρῶσθαι μόνον, ἀλλ’ εἰσ βάθοσ δευσοποιοῖσ τισι φαρμάκοισ εἰσ κόρον καταβαφεῖσα. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 16:3)
  • τὰ δὲ σά, ὡσ πεζὰ μέτροισ παραβάλλειν, καθάπερ ὁ Δωσιάδα Βωμὸσ ἂν εἰή καὶ ἡ τοῦ Λυκόφρονοσ Ἀλεξάνδρα, καὶ εἴ τισ ἔτι τούτων τὴν φωνὴν κακοδαιμονέστεροσ. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 25:5)

Synonyms

  1. length

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