Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

σύμμετρος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σύμμετρος σύμμετρον

Structure: συμμετρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: me/tron

Sense

  1. commensurate with, exactly fitting, being of like age with, coincident with
  2. commensurable
  3. in measure with, proportionable, exactly suitable
  4. in right measure, in due proportion, symmetrical
  5. fitting, meet, due, within fit distance
  6. in due time

Examples

  • τὰ δὲ ἐποικοδομηθέντα τῷ τε τοῦ τόπου μεγέθει σύμμετρα καὶ τῷ εὐλόγῳ τῆσ κατασκευῆσ ἁρμοδιώτατα καὶ τὸν τῶν φώτων λόγον φυλάττοντα. (Lucian, (no name) 4:6)
  • ὕψη πρὸσ τούτοισ ἀνάλογα καὶ πλάτη τοῖσ μήκεσι σύμμετρα καὶ πανταχοῦ πολλὴ χάρισ καὶ Ἀφροδίτη ἐπανθεῖ· (Lucian, (no name) 7:2)
  • καὶ τρεψάμενοι τοὺσ πολεμίουσ οὐ διώκουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀνακαλοῦνται τὸν θυμόν, ὥσπερ τὰ σύμμετρα τῶν ἐγχειριδίων εὐανακόμιστον ὄντα καὶ ῥᾴδιον. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 10 7:3)
  • καὶ τρεψάμενοι τοὺσ πολεμίουσ οὐ διώκουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀνακαλοῦνται τὸν θυμόν, ὥσπερ τὰ σύμμετρα τῶν ἐγχειριδίων εὐανακόμιστον ὄντα καὶ ῥᾴδιον. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 10 2:4)
  • ἡ Λακεδαιμονίων δὲ δίαιθ’ ὁμαλῶσ διάκειται, ἔσθειν καὶ πίνειν σύμμετρα πρὸσ τὸ φρονεῖν καὶ τὸ πονεῖν εἶναι δυνατούσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 41 4:1)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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