Liddell-Scott-Jones

μετριάζω (metriazō) be content ^G:V

μετριάζω-άζω,

to be moderate, keep measure, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τινι in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. ἐν τῷ προθύμῳ show but moderate zeal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

__2 of disease, remit, abate, opposed to παροξύνεσθαι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 of persons, to be 'only middling', to be unwell, [LXX+4th c.BC+], poetical de herb.[Refs]
__4 οἱ μετριάζωάζοντες, ={οἱ μέτριον τὸ αἰδοῖον ἔχοντες}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 jest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II transitive, moderate, regulate, control, ὅρκοις μ. ψυχὴν νέαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [τὴν βασιλείαν] [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τι ἡμῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκφορίου reduce our rent, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τὴν τιμωρίαν [Refs 1st c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Neh.2.2}