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From μέτρον (métron) + -ιος (-ios).
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.tri.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.tri.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.tri.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.tri.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.tri.os/
μέτρῐος • (métrios) m (feminine μετρίᾱ, neuter μέτρῐον); first/second declension
- μέτριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “μέτριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- average idem, page 55.
- balanced idem, page 60.
- comparative idem, page 150.
- dispassionate idem, page 236.
- fair idem, page 302.
- frugal idem, page 347.
- gentle idem, page 357.
- good idem, page 366.
- homely idem, page 404.
- indifferent idem, page 433.
- inefficient idem, page 435.
- inferior idem, page 437.
- lenient idem, page 485.
- medium idem, page 522.
- middle-class idem, page 528.
- middling idem, page 528.
- mild idem, page 529.
- moderate idem, page 537.
- modest idem, page 538.
- ordinary idem, page 579.
- passable idem, page 596.
- poor idem, page 626.
- reasonable idem, page 677.
- respectable idem, page 703.
- temperate idem, page 860.
- thrifty idem, page 870.
- tolerable idem, page 880.
- unobtrusive idem, page 926.
From Ancient Greek μέτριος (métrios).
μέτριος • (métrios) m (feminine μέτρια, neuter μέτριο)
- medium, mediocre, ordinary, mild
- ένας άνδρας μετρίου αναστήματος ― énas ándras metríou anastímatos ― a man of medium height
- ένας άνθρωπος με μέτρια νοημοσύνη ― énas ánthropos me métria noïmosýni ― a man of moderate intelligence
- α coffee with medium sugar
- Ένα μέτριο παρακαλώ! ― Éna métrio parakaló! ― A medium sweet coffee please!
- (by extension) unexaggerated
Degrees of comparison by suffixation