διαμετρ-έω,
measure through, measure out or off, χῶρον δ. measure lists for combat, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.315 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; survey, χώραν [[ “OGI” 502.12 (from Aezani): _absolutely_, μετρῶν καὶ δ. καὶ λογιζόμενος 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 40.7 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.41.3, 1st c.BC(?): Maximus Astrologus Tyr. 6.3 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, ἡμέρα διαμεμετρημένη measured by the clepsydra, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.120, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 67.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 measure out in portions, distribute, μεδίμνους δ. τισὶ τῆς καθεστηκυίας τιμῆς [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.39 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν δ. τοῖς στρατιώταις give out no rations, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.40, compare 41, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, divide amongst themselves, Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; receive as one's share, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.37 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle in active sense, [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 55, “Dian.” 36. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 middle, δ. τὸν βίον die, [[ 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Aedificiis” 3.1. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__4 measure with the eye, scan, [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.306, +others ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__5 pass over, traverse, Ὑδάσπην [[[prev. work] 23.149, compare 22.42. ] Refs]