Liddell–Scott–Jones: ἐκμετρ-έω

ἐκμετρ-έω,

A. measure out, measure,

χρόνον

E. IA 816

; κύκλος τις ὡς τόρνοισιν ἐκμετρούμενος

Id. Fr. 382

;ἐ. τὸν βίον to endlife, to die, Tz. H. 3.800 : abs.,measure a distance,

ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις

LXX De. 21.2

:—freq. in Med. ,measure for oneself, measure out, ἄστροις..ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα measuring, calculating its positionby the stars (for he was an exile), S. OT 795 ;take measure of,

τὰ ἐκείνου ὅπλα

X. Cyr. 6.4.2

, cf. Plb. 5.98.2 :— Pass. , PTeb. 61 (b). 258

(ii B.C.), etc.