μετριό-της,ητος,ἡ,
A. moderation, Th. 1.38 , Pl. R. 560d , Philyll. 7 , Plb. 1.88.3 ; μ. τέρψιος
Democr. 191
; ἡ τῆς φωνῆς μ.
Isoc. 15.296
; ἡ τοῦ βίου μ.
Aeschin. 3.218
, cf. Arist. Pol. 1315b2 (pl.);μ. τῶν σίτων(leg.συσσίτων)moderation in (of) . . , X. Cyr. 5.2.17 ;μ. περί τι, ἔν τινι, Pl. Def. 411e , 412b : pl.,middle course, Isoc. 2.33 , 4.11 .
2. the right amountordegreeof anything, Hp. Off. 3 , Fract. 5 : pl., Liq. 1 .
II. middle condition, modest circumstancesorability,
POxy. 1121.10
(iii A.D.), PMasp. 305.11
(vi A.D.), etc.
III. graceful proportions, elegance, Arist. Pol. 1309b27 , Aesop. 204
b.