1. measured motion, time, rhythm , Lat. numerus, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.: —; ἐν ῥυθμῷ in time , Virgil 's in numerum , (Xenophon Historicus); μετὰ ῥυθμοῦ (Thucydides); θάττονα ῥυθμὸν ἐπάγειν to play in quicker time , (Xenophon Historicus) 2. proportion or symmetry of parts, (Plato Philosophus) 3. generally, arrangement, order , (Euripides) 4. the state or condition of the soul, temper, disposition , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc. 5. the form or shape of a thing, (Herdotus Historicus); of a breastplate, (Xenophon Historicus) 6. the wise, manner or fashion of a thing, (Euripides); τίς ῥ. φόνο; what kind of slaughter? (Euripides) (ML)