The corpus record

γεωμετρ-έω

geometreo

measure, survey land

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Where it lives

Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Meno 1 · 1.02/10k
Theaetetus 2 · 0.89/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 3 · 0.54/10k
Rhetoric 2 · 0.47/10k
Metaphysics 3 · 0.38/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4 · 0.37/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 2 · 0.36/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

measure, survey land, practise, profess geometry

measure, survey land, BGU 12.27 (ii A. D.):— but usu., practise or profess geometry, Pl. Tht. 162e, Men. 85e, Arist. Rh. 1406b30.

II measure

generally, measure, c. acc., τὸν ἀέρα Ar. Av. 995; τὰ ἐπίπεδα Pl. Tht. 173e, cf. X. Smp. 6.8, BGU 12.27 (ii A. D.), Luc. Icar. 21 (Pass.).

In the wild

γεωμέτρης · geōmetrēs Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1668)
γεωμέτρης · geōmetrēs Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1650)
γεωμέτρης · geōmetrēs Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1670)
γεωμέτρης · geōmetrēs Aristotle, Metaphysics book 13 (DIORISIS sentence 3643)
γεωμετρεῖν · geōmetrein Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 338)
γεωμέτρης · geōmetrēs Aristotle, Metaphysics book 4 (DIORISIS sentence 759)

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Where it came from

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