The corpus record

μέτρ-ησις

metresis · ἡ

measurement

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Where it lives

Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Enneads 8 · 0.38/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μέτρ-ησις · metr-ēsis — LSJ

measurement

measurement, χώρης Hdt. 4.99, cf. X. Mem. 4.7.2, Pl. Plt. 285a, etc.: pl., Id. Lg. 819c.

2 measuring out, dole, delivery in kind

measuring out, dole of corn, SIG 976.58 (Samos, ii B. C.); delivery in kind, PAmh. 2.87.21 (ii A. D.), etc.

In the wild

μετρήσεως · metrēseōs Aristotle, Politics 1257a (DIORISIS sentence 206)
μετρήσεως · metrēseōs Epictetus, Discourses 1.17 (DIORISIS sentence 827)
μέτρησιν · metrēsin Herodotus, Histories 4.99.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4697)
μετρήσεσιν · metrēsesin Plato, Laws 819
μετρήσεως · metrēseōs Plato, Statesman 285
μετρήσει · metrēsei Plotinus, Enneads 3.7 (DIORISIS sentence 2120)

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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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