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.
- φαίνεται δ’ ὁ μὲν Ἀριστείδησ οὔπω τότε μεγάλων οὐσῶν τῶν Ἀθηνῶν καὶ ταῖσ οὐσίαισ ἔτι συμμέτροισ καὶ ὁμαλοῖσ ἐπιβαλὼν δημαγωγοῖσ καὶ στρατηγοῖσ ἐπιφανὴσ γενέσθαι· (Plutarch, Comparison of Aristides with Marcus Cato, chapter 1 2:1)
- δεῖ οὖν τὸν ὑγιείασ ἀντιποιούμενον καὶ συμμέτροισ γυμνασίοισ χρᾶσθαι διὰ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ ἱδρῶτασ καὶ λουτροῖσ, ὡσ διᾶναί τε τὸ σῶμα καὶ μαλαχθῆναι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 242)
- ὥσπερ γὰρ τὰ φυτὰ τοῖσ μὲν μετρίοισ ὕδασι τρέφεται, τοῖσ δὲ πολλοῖσ πνίγεται, τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον ψυχὴ τοῖσ μὲν συμμέτροισ αὒξεται πόνοισ, τοῖσ δ’ ὑπερβάλλουσι βαπτίζεται. (Plutarch, De liberis educandis, section 13 2:1)
- οὐχ ἥκιστα τοίνυν εὐθυμίαν κολούει τὸ μὴ συμμέτροισ χρῆσθαι πρὸσ τὴν ὑποκειμένην δύναμιν ὁρμαῖσ ὥσπερ ἱστίοισ, ἀλλὰ μειζόνων ἐφιεμένουσ ταῖσ ἐλπίσιν εἶτ’ ἀποτυγχάνοντασ αἰτιᾶσθαι δαίμονα καὶ τύχην ἀλλὰ μὴ τὴν αὑτῶν ἀβελτερίαν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 121)
- οὐχ ἥκιστα τοίνυν εὐθυμίαν κολούει τὸ μὴ συμμέτροισ χρῆσθαι πρὸσ τὴν ὑποκειμένην δύναμιν ὁρμαῖσ ὥσπερ ἱστίοισ, ἀλλὰ μειζόνων ἐφιεμένουσ ταῖσ ἐλπίσιν εἶτ’ ἀποτυγχάνοντασ αἰτιᾶσθαι δαίμονα καὶ τύχην ἀλλὰ μὴ τὴν αὑτῶν ἀβελτερίαν. (Plutarch, De tranquilitate animi, section 121)
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)