metriōs

Included with: μέτριος, α, ον,
also ος, ον Refs 5th c.BC+; Aeolic dialect μέτερρος Refs (but μέτριος Refs 7th c.BC+: (μέτρον):—within measure, moderate, and so,
I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, Refs; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, Refs; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, Refs
II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., Refs 5th c.BC+
III mostly of Degree, moderate, ἔργα Refs 8th c.BC+; τὸ μ. the mean, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, Refs 5th c.BC+; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱ μ. respectable people, Refs 4th c.BC+; later, poor, μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς Refs 4th c.AD+infinitive, ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 tolerable, οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών Refs 5th c.BC+; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decrees cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, Refs 5th c.BC+; -ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, Refs 4th c.BC+
III.3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like, temperate, Refs 5th c.BC+; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (i.e. Ἀφροδίτης) μετέσχον Refs 5th c.BC+; also, moderate, fair, Refs 6th c.BC+; a favourite word in democratic states, μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος Refs 4th c.BC+ mild towards.., Refs 5th c.BC+
III.4 proportionate, fitting, μισθὸς σώφροσι μ. Refs 5th c.BC+
III.5 enjoying 'middling' health Refs
B adverb μετρίως moderately, within due limits, ἀπηγήσεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating, εἰπεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, Refs 5th c.BC+: superlative -ώτατα Refs 5th c.BC+
B.2 enough, μ. κεχόρευται Refs 5th c.BC+; moderately, pretty well, ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. [λέγειν] Refs 5th c.BC+
B.3 modestly, temperately, χαίρειν Refs 5th c.BC+ to be moderately off, Refs 5th c.BC+; on fair terms, μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative -ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+
B.4 μ. ἔχειν to be in 'middling' health, Refs 2nd c.AD+
B.II neuter μέτριον and μέτρια as adverb, μέτριον ἔχειν Refs 5th c.BC+: also with Article, τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.