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μέτρ-ημα

metrema · τό

measured distance

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Ion 1 · 1.09/10k

What it meant

μέτρ-ημα · metr-ēma — LSJ

measured distance, measurement

measured distance, E. Ion 1138; measurement, λίθοι . . ὧν μ. στερεὸν πόδες ἑπτακόσιοι Supp.Epigr. 4.446.11 (Didyma, ii B. C.).

2 measure, allowance, dole, rations, pay, deliveries in kind, amount so delivered

measure, allowance, dole, E. IT 954; soldierʼs rations, Plb. 6.38.3, OGI 229.106 (Smyrna, ii B. C.), PLond. 1.23.26 (ii B. C.); pay, Plb. 9.27.11: in pl., deliveries in kind, POxy. 1221.4 (iii/iv A. D.): sg., amount so delivered, PCair.Zen. 223.5 (iii B. C.); μ. θησαυροῦ Ostr.Bodl. v D 9 (i A. D.), al.

In the wild

μέτρημʼ · metrēmʼ Euripides, Ion *qera/pwn (DIORISIS sentence 742)
μέτρημα · metrēma Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 565)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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