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.
- ἐπειδὰν οὖν ὄμμα καὶ ἄλλο τι τῶν τούτῳ συμμέτρων πλησιάσαν γεννήσῃ τὴν λευκότητά τε καὶ αἴσθησιν αὐτῇ σύμφυτον, ἃ οὐκ ἄν ποτε ἐγένετο ἑκατέρου ἐκείνων πρὸσ ἄλλο ἐλθόντοσ, τότε δὴ μεταξὺ φερομένων τῆσ μὲν ὄψεωσ πρὸσ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, τῆσ δὲ λευκότητοσ πρὸσ τοῦ συναποτίκτοντοσ τὸ χρῶμα, ὁ μὲν ὀφθαλμὸσ ἄρα ὄψεωσ ἔμπλεωσ ἐγένετο καὶ ὁρᾷ δὴ τότε καὶ ἐγένετο οὔ τι ὄψισ ἀλλ’ ὀφθαλμὸσ ὁρῶν, τὸ δὲ συγγεννῆσαν τὸ χρῶμα λευκότητοσ περιεπλήσθη καὶ ἐγένετο οὐ λευκότησ αὖ ἀλλὰ λευκόν, εἴτε ξύλον εἴτε λίθοσ εἴτε ὁτῳοῦν συνέβη χρῆμα χρωσθῆναι τῷ τοιούτῳ χρώματι. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 90:1)
- οὐχ ὁ μὲν Ὀδυσσεὺσ νησιώτησ ἦν οὐδὲ τῶν συμμέτρων νήσων· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 24:2)
- πολλὴ αὔξη ὅταν ἐπιρρέῃ πόνων χωρὶσ πολλῶν καὶ συμμέτρων, οὐκ ἴσμεν ὅτι μυρία κακὰ ἐν τοῖσ σώμασιν ἀποτελεῖ; (Plato, Laws, book 7 5:7)
- Δύο μεγεθῶν συμμέτρων δοθέντων τὸ μέγιστον αὐτῶν κοινὸν μέτρον εὑρεῖν. (Euclid, Elements, book 10, type Prop 133)
- Δύο ἄρα μεγεθῶν συμμέτρων δοθέντων τῶν ΑΒ, ΓΔ τὸ μέγιστον κοινὸν μέτρον ηὑρ́ηται· (Euclid, Elements, book 10, type Prop 163)
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)