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ἔμμετρ-ος

emmetros

in measure, proportioned

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Where it lives

Ars Poetica 2 · 1.98/10k
Philebus 3 · 1.7/10k
Laws 8 · 0.78/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Republic 2 · 0.23/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ἔμμετρ-ος · emmetr-os — LSJ

in measure, proportioned, due measure, proportion, well-balanced, proportionably

in measure, proportioned, opp. ἄμετρος, Pl. R. 486d, Lg. 716c, al.; τὸ ἔ. due measure, proportion, Id. Phlb. 26a, cf. 52d; πολιτεῖαι ἔ. well-balanced, title of work by Critias, Phlp. in de An. 89.12. Adv. -τρως, πρός τι proportionably to . ., Pl. Plt. 282e.

2 fitting, suitable

fitting, suitable, ἔπαινος Id. Lg. 823d; θεοῖσι ἀναθήματα χρεὼν ἔμμετρα τὸν μέτριον ἄνδρα . . δωρεῖσθαι ib. 955e. Adv. -τρως Id. Cra. 395c, M.Ant. 1.16: Sup. ἐμμετρώτατα Pl. R. 474d; also -ότατα Lg. 674c, prob. in Aristaenet. 1.18.

3 reasonable, moderate

of persons, ἐμμετρότατος (v.l. -ώτατος) reasonable, moderate, Pl. Lg. 926a; -ότερος (v.l. -ώτερος) Id. Ti. 90e; ἔ. οἰνοχόος Aristaenet. 1.3.

II measuring, containing

measuring, containing, δέπας ἔ. ὡς τριλάγυνον Stesich. 7.

III in metre, metrical, who use regular metres

in metre, metrical, Pl. Smp. 197c, Phdr. 252b, Arist. Rh. 1408b21; ἔμμετρα λέγειν ἢ ἄμετρα Id. Po. 1451b1, cf. 1450b14; φθόγγος ἔ. Phld. D. 3.13; ἔ. ποιηταί poets who use regular metres, i. e. epic and tragic, opp. οἱ τῶν ᾀδομένων, D. 60.9. Adv. -τρως, χρησμῳδεῖν Plu. QConv. 2.623c.

2. ἔμμητρος · emmētros — LSJ

containing core

containing core, ξύλον Antiph. 220, Thphr. HP 1.6.5, Theoc. 25.209.

In the wild

ἐμμέτρων · emmetrōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 6
ἔμμετρα · emmetra Aristotle, Ars Poetica 9
ἔμμετρον · emmetron Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ἔμμετρος · emmetros Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5880)
ἐμμέτρως · emmetrōs Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 1.16.5 (DIORISIS sentence 81)
ἐμμέτρως · emmetrōs Plato, Cratylus 395 (DIORISIS sentence 343)

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