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.
- ἔφη γυναῖκά τινα τῶν ἐριφανῶν τὰ μὲν ἄλλα καλὴν καὶ κόσμιον, μικρὰν δὲ καὶ πολὺ τοῦ συμμέτρου ἀποδέουσαν, ἐπαινεῖσθαι πρόσ τινοσ ποιητοῦ ἐν ᾄσματι τά τε ἄλλα καὶ ὅτι καλή τε καὶ μεγάλη ἦν αἰγείρῳ δ’ αὐτῆσ εἴκαζεν ἐκεῖνοσ τὸ εὔμηκὲσ τε καὶ ὄρθιον. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 4:2)
- ἢν μὲν πάνυ ἐγγύθεν σκοπῶμέν τι καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτῶν, οὐδὲν ἀκριβὲσ διαγιγνώσκομεν, ἢν δὲ ἀποστάντεσ ἐκ τοῦ συμμέτρου διαστήματοσ ἴδωμεν, ἅπαντα σαφῶσ καταφαίνεται, τὰ εὖ καὶ τὰ μὴ οὕτωσ ἔχοντα. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 12:6)
- Ὅτι μὲν οὖν οὔτε Αἰγύπτιοι τὸ γένοσ ἦσαν ἡμῶν οἱ πατέρεσ οὔτε διὰ λύμην σωμάτων ἢ τοιαύτασ ἄλλασ συμφοράσ τινασ ἐκεῖθεν ἐξηλάθησαν, οὐ μετρίωσ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πέρα τοῦ συμμέτρου προαποδεδεῖχθαι νομίζω. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 10:1)
- "Ἀθηναῖοι δ’, ὥσ φησι Φιλόχοροσ, ταῖσ ̔̀ Ὥραισ θύοντεσ οὐκ ὀπτῶσιν, ἀλλ’ ἕψουσι τὰ κρέα, παραιτούμενοι τὰσ θεὰσ ἀπείργειν τὰ περισκελῆ καύματα καὶ τοὺσ αὐχμούσ, μετὰ δὲ τῆσ συμμέτρου θερμασίασ καὶ ὑδάτων ὡραίων ἐκτελεῖν τὰ φυόμενα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 72 1:1)
- καὶ μὴν εἰ φυλάξομεν ἀμφότερα, τήν θ’ ὁλκὴν τοῦ συμμέτρου καὶ τὸ χωρὶσ λογισμοῦ, δύναμίν τινα, καθάπερ ἡ λίθοσ ἑλκτικὴν εἶχε τοῦ σιδήρου, καὶ τῷ σπέρματι φήσομεν ὑπάρχειν αἵματοσ ἐπισπαστικήν. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 336)
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)
