ἐκμετρ-έω,
measure out, measure, χρόνον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 816; κύκλος τις ὡς τόρνοισιν ἐκμετρούμενος [prev. author] “fragment” 382 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὸν βίον to end life, to die, [[ 12th c.AD: Tzetzes, Joannes Grammaticus “Historiarum variarum chiliades” 3.800 ] Refs]: absolutely, measure a distance, ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις [[ LXX.Deu.21.2 ] LXX]:—frequently in middle, measure for oneself, measure out, ἄστροις..ἐκμετρούμενος χθόνα measuring, calculating its position by the stars (for he was an exile), [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 795 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; take measure of, τὰ ἐκείνου ὅπλα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.4.2, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.98.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ “PTeb.” 61 (b). 258 (2nd c.BC), etc. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]