κανονίζω

κανών

A. measure or judge by rule, Longin. 16.4; measure, regulate, τὰς πράξεις ἡδονῇ καὶ λύπῃ Arist. EN 1105a3, cf. S.E. M. 7.158; τῇ πείρᾳ τὴν ἐνέργειάν τινος Dsc. Praef. 2; τὴν ψυχήν Procl. Par.Ptol. 16:—Pass., πάντα κεκανόνισται πρὸς δικαιοσύνην Aristeas 168; ἡδονῇ κανονιζόμενον Phld. Po. 5.25; τοῖσιν [τοῖς πλάνησι] κανονίζεται αἰών App.Anth. 3.147 (Theon or Hermes).
2. prescribe rules for, c.acc., Simp. in Ph. 980.23.
II. assess for taxation, PLond. 5.1674.34 (Pass., vi A. D.).
III. Gramm., κανονίζεται the rule is . . , A.D. Pron. 21.20: generally, Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.9.4.
2. Act., conjugate, give the paradigm of a verb, Sch.E. Hec. 1293:—Pass., Sch.Opp. H. 1.259, etc.; to be parsed as . . , εἰς ἀόριστον Sch.E. Ph. 1188.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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