μετριοπαθέω

metriopaqevw metriopaqevw,
metriopavqw; ((cf. Winer's Grammar, 101 (95)); from
metriopaqhv", adhering to the true measure in one's passions or emotions;
e[fh (viz., Aristotle)
tovn
sofovn
mhv
ei\nai
mevn
ajpaqh,
metriopaqh
dev, Diogenes La?rtius 5, 31;
metriopaqeia, moderation in passions or emotions, especially anger and grief, is opposed to the
ajpavqeia of the Stoics; from
mevtrio" and
pavqo"); equivalent to
metrivw" or
katav
tov
mevtron
pavscw, to be affected moderately or in due measure; to preserve moderation in the passions, especially in anger or grief (Philo de Abrah. sec. 44; de Josepho sec. 5; (Josephus, Antiquities 12, 3, 2; others)); hence, of one who is not unduly disturbed by the errors, faults, sins, of others, but bears with them gently; like other verbs of emotion (cf. Kr?ger, sec. 48, 8), with a dative of the person toward whom the feeling is exercised: ; cf. the full discussion by Bleek at the passage.*