Included with: μέτριος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Aeolic dialect μέτερρος [[ “Lyrica Adespota” 66] Refs] (but μέτριος [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in 1231.5)] Refs 7th c.BC+]: (μέτρον):—within measure, moderate, and so,
__I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, [[ [prev. author] 1.178 ] Refs]; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, [[ Diocl.fragment 140 ] Refs]; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, [[ [prev. author] “R.” 460e. ] Refs]
__II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.14. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III mostly of Degree, moderate, ἔργα [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 306; μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1059 (Lyric poetry); μ. χάρις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 554 (Lyric poetry); σῖτος -ώτατος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὸ μ. the mean, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1212 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 719e, “Plt.” 284e; ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295b4; περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.5; πέρα τοῦ μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.1.4; ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.656f; τὰ μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 125 (_anapaest meter_); εἴη γ᾽ ἐμοὶ μέτρια [prev. author] “Ion” 632; τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.22; μ. καὶ δίκαια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1137 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 253 (_anapaest meter_); μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων.. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον [prev. author] “fragment” 503 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, [[ [prev. author] 4.30; βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 466b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, [[ [prev. author] “Grg.” 511e; μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b26 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ μ. respectable people, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.10 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; later, poor, μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς [[ “POxy.” 120.7 (4th c.AD), etc.: with ] Refs 4th c.AD+]infinitive, ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]