μέτρον, τό,
that by which anything is measured:
__1 measure, rule, μέτρ᾽ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.422; ἐν μέτροισι ταμὼν δόνακας “hymnus ad Mercurium” 47 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πάντ᾽ ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. εἶναι is a measure of all things, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 183c, compare 5th c.BC: Protagoras Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1053a36; μ. αὐτῷ οὐχ ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ νόμος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.18. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__1.b in Mathematics texts, measure, divisor, [[ 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.13, etc. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 measure of content, whether solid or liquid, δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.471; εἴκοσι δ᾽ ἔστω μ... ἀλφίτου 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.355; ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μ. χεῦε 9.209, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.268, 741, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 350, 600, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; at Samos, of the μέδιμνος, [[ “SIG” 976.55 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; in Egypt, of the ἀρτάβη, μ. δοχικόν [[ “PTeb.” 11.6 (2nd c.BC); also of smaller units, as μ. ἑξαχοίνικον [prev. work] 105.40 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μέτροις καὶ σταθμοῖς by measure and weight, Decrees cited in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.83 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; in the widest sense, either weight or measure, Φείδωνος τοῦ τὰ μ. ποιήσαντος Πελοποννησίοισι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.127 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. οἰνηρά, σιτηρά, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1135a2; Κιλικίῳ μ. μετρεῖν “OGI” 579.2 (from Cilicia). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]