The corpus record

μετρ-ητής

metretes · ὁ

measurer, bath

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Where it lives

Bel et Draco (LXX) 1 · 11.9/10k
Aggaeus 1 · 10.99/10k
Against Phaenippus 1 · 4.51/10k
Oeconomica II 1 · 2.13/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
Esdras I 1 · 1.22/10k
John 1 · 0.65/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

μετρ-ητής · metr-ētēs — LSJ

measurer

measurer, [Pl.] Just. 373a; μετρηταὶ στρατοπέδων, = Lat. metatores castrorum, J. BJ 5.2.1.

II bath

a liquid measure, = ἀμφορεύς, Philyll. 7, D. 42.20, Sosith. 2.8 (s. v.l.), IG 12(3).436.13 (Thera, iv B. C.), Arist. HA 596a7, Hero *Mens. 9, etc.; of the Hebrew bath, LXX 3 Ki. 18.32, al., Ev.Jo. 2.6.

In the wild

μετρητήν · metrētēn Aristotle, Economics 1350b (DIORISIS sentence 263)
μετρητήν · metrētēn Aristotle, Oeconomica II (DIORISIS sentence 127)
μετρήτας · metrētas Demosthenes, Against Phaenippus 20 (DIORISIS sentence 61)
μετρητὰς · metrētas New Testament, John 2.6 (DIORISIS sentence 71)
μετρητῶν · metrētōn Plato, Laws 820
μετρητάς · metrētas Septuaginta, Aggaeus 2

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Where it came from

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