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σύμμετρος (summetros)

summetros

well-proportioned

G9264 · Greek · New Testament · 0 verses

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Koine Greek
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Definition

Definition

1. commensurate with another thing, (Euripides): exactly fitting , (Aeschulus Tragicus); τῷδε τἀνδρὶ ξ. being of like age with , (Sophocles Tragicus); ποίᾳ σύμμετρος τύχ; coincident with what chance? i. e. in the very nick of time, (Sophocles Tragicus); see. infr. III. 2.
2. commensurable , (Aristotle Philosopher)
3. in measure with, proportionable, exactly suitable , (Isocrates Orator), etc.
4. absolute in right measure, in due proportion, symmetrical , opposite to ὑπερβάλλων and ἐλλείπων, (Plato Philosophus), etc.
5. generally, fitting, meet, due , (Aeschulus Tragicus);—; σύμμετρος ὡς κλύειν within fit distance for hearing, (Sophocles Tragicus)
6. adverb -τρως, (Isocrates Orator), etc.
7. in due time , (Euripides) (ML)