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ἄμετρον (ametron)

ἄμετρον is an Ancient Greek form of ἄμετρος, meaning “immeasurable, excessive”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 26 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Quomodo quis suos in virtute sentiat profectus 9: … ειν ζητῶν καὶ διώκων ὄνομα καὶ ῥῆμα διαφεῦγον ἐξέπιπτεν Ὅμηρος δὲ τὸν πρῶτον οὐ διηνέχθη τῶν στίχων ἐξενεγκὼν ἄμετρον τοσοῦτο περιῆν αὐτῷ φρονήματος εἰς τὰ λοιπὰ διὰ τὴν δύναμιν. οὐκοῦν μᾶλλον εἰκός ἐστιν, οἷς πρὸς ἀρετὴν καὶ τ …

Greek Anthology, Greek Anthology, Ἀνθολογία, Volume V 16.223.2: μήτʼ ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν, μήτʼ ἀχάλινα λέγειν.

All forms of ἄμετρος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.