περιμετρέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
περιμετρέω
περιμετρήσω
Structure:
περι
(Prefix)
+
μετρέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to measure all round
Conjugation
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.
- Τούτων δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν λεγομένην Σχεδίαν ἀχθέντων καὶ τοῦ παράπλου περανθέντοσ, καθὼσ ἦν δεδογματισμένον τῷ βασιλεῖ, προσέταξεν αὐτοὺσ ἐν τῷ πρὸ τῆσ πόλεωσ ἱπποδρόμῳ παρεμβαλεῖν ἀπλέτῳ καθεστῶτι περιμέτρῳ καὶ πρὸσ παραδειγματισμὸν ἄγαν εὐκαιροτάτῳ καθεστῶτι πᾶσι τοῖσ καταπορευομένοισ εἰσ τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοῖσ ἐκ τούτων εἰσ τὴν χώραν στελλομένοισ πρὸσ ἐκδημίαν πρὸσ τὸ μηδὲ ταῖσ δυνάμεσιν αὐτοῦ κοινωνεῖν, μηδὲ τὸ σύνολον καταξιῶσαι περιβόλων. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 4:11)
- "ὧν ἑνὶ παρεπεπήγεσαν δᾷδεσ χρυσοῖ δεκαπήχεισ τέσσαρεσ, ἐπόμπευσαν δὲ καὶ ἐσχάραι ἐπίχρυσοι β’, ὧν ἡ μὲν δωδεκάπηχυσ τῇ περιμέτρῳ, τεσσαρακοντάπηχυσ ὕψει, ἡ δὲ πηχῶν πεντεκαίδεκα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 31 3:7)
- βασιλεὺσ Μιθριδάτησ κρατεῖ μὲν Βιθυνίασ καὶ τῆσ ἄνω Καππαδοκίασ, κρατεῖ δὲ τῆσ συνεχοῦσ Ἀσίασ ἁπάσησ ἄχρι Παμφυλίασ καὶ Κιλικίασ, καὶ βασιλεῖσ μὲν αὐτὸν Ἀρμενίων καὶ Περσῶν δορυφοροῦσι, δυνάσται δὲ τῶν περὶ τὴν Μαιῶτιν καὶ τὸν ὅλον Πόντον κατῳκισμένων ἐθνῶν ἐν περιμέτρῳ τρισμυρίων σταδίων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 50 1:1)
- ὁ δὲ τῶν σισ’ κύβοσ ἐστὶν ἀπὸ ἑξάδοσ ἴσοσ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ περιμέτρῳ. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 13 5:2)
- οὐ μὴν ἐπὶ πλέον γε τῆσ πρὸσ αὑτὸν εὐνοίασ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἀπέλαυσεν, ἀλλ’ ἐξ ἀρρωστίασ ἀποθανὼν ἐκηδεύθη μεγαλοπρεπῶσ, καὶ τάφον ἔχωσεν ὁ στρατὸσ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ τῇ περιμέτρῳ μέγαν, ὕψοσ δὲ πηχῶν ὀγδοήκοντα· (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 56 1:3)
Synonyms
-
to measure all round
Derived
- ἀναμετρέω (to re-measure the road, retrace one's steps to, to recapitulate)
- ἀπομετρέω (to measure out)
- διαμετρέω (to measure through, out or off, to measure)
- ἐκμετρέω (to measure out, measure, to measure for oneself)
- ἐπιμετρέω (to measure out besides, paid by measure, to add to the measure)
- καταμετρέω (to measure out to)
- μετρέω (to measure in any way, to measure, pass over)
- παραμετρέω (to measure, by, to compare)
- συμμετρέω (to measure by comparison with, measured by calculation, to be commensurate with)