συμμετρέω
ε-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
συμμετρέω
συμμετρήσω
Structure:
συμ
(Prefix)
+
μετρέ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to measure by comparison with
- measured by calculation
- to be commensurate with
- had, life measured out
- to measure for oneself, compute exactly, calculated, by counting
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.
- πρῶτα μὲν δὴ ἐπὶ τῶν πεζῶν ἡμίσεασ τοὺσ ψιλούσ φαμεν χρῆναι ἔχειν, εἰ σύμμετροι ἔσονται πρὸσ τὸ ἔργον, καὶ τοὺσ λόχουσ αὐτῶν οὐχὶ ἑκκαίδεκα ἀνδρῶν χρὴ εἶναι ἀλλ̓ ὀκτώ, ὥστε τοὺσ χιλίουσ καὶ τέσσαρασ καὶ εἴκοσι λόχουσ τὸν ἥμισυν ἀριθμὸν ἐκπιμπλάναι τῆσ πεζικῆσ φάλαγγοσ, καὶ εἶναι ἀνδρῶν ὀκτακισχιλίων καὶ ἑκατὸν καὶ δυοῖν ἐπὶ τοῖσ ἐνενήκοντα. (Arrian, chapter 14 2:1)
- οὐ πολλὰ δὲ ἐν Ἰνδοῖσι πάθεα γίνεται, ὅτι αἱ ὡρ͂αι σύμμετροί εἰσιν αὐτόθι· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 15 13:2)
- πύργοι τε ἦσαν ἐν αὐτῇ ὀκτὼ σύμμετροι τὸ μέγεθοσ τοῖσ τῆσ νεὼσ ὄγκοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 431)
- ἐν μεγέθει γὰρ ἡ μεγαλοψυχία, ὥσπερ καὶ τὸ κάλλοσ ἐν μεγάλῳ σώματι, οἱ μικροὶ δ’ ἀστεῖοι καὶ σύμμετροι, καλοὶ δ’ οὔ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 66:2)
- βουλεύσονται γὰρ βέλτιον κοινῇ βουλευόμενοι πάντεσ, ὁ μὲν δῆμοσ μετὰ τῶν γνωρίμων, οὗτοι δὲ μετὰ τοῦ πλήθουσ, συμφέρει δὲ καὶ τὸ αἱρετοὺσ εἶναι τοὺσ βουλευομένουσ, ἢ κληρωτοὺσ ἴσουσ ἐκ τῶν μορίων, συμφέρει δέ, κἂν ὑπερβάλλωσι πολὺ κατὰ τὸ πλῆθοσ οἱ δημοτικοὶ τῶν πολιτικῶν ἢ μὴ πᾶσι διδόναι μισθόν, ἀλλ’ ὅσοι σύμμετροι πρὸσ τὸ τῶν γνωρίμων πλῆθοσ, ἢ ἀποκληροῦν τοὺσ πλείουσ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 233:1)
Synonyms
-
to measure by comparison with
-
measured by calculation
-
to measure for oneself
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)
- περιμετρέω (to measure all round)