measure (v.) Copy link Outline 1. mētior, mensus, 4 (in most senses of Eng.)2. mēto, mētor, 1 (to lay down by measuring) • measure (v.): 1. mētior, mensus, 4 (in most senses of Eng.): to m. land, corn, etc., agrum, frumentum m., Cic.: Hor. Fig.: to m. all things by gain, omnia quaestu (suo) m., Cic. Ph. 2, 43, 111: Sall.: Liv. Comps. (1). dīmētior, 4 (to m. out): to m. sky and land, coelum atque terram d., Cic. Sen. 14, 49: Caes. (2). ēmētior, 4 (rare in lit. sense; oftener = to traverse, q. v.): to m. a space with the eyes, spatium oculis e., Virg. Aen. 10, 772. (3). permētior, 4 (also rare): to m. the magnitude of the sun, as with a m.ing-rod, solis magnitudinem quasi decempeda perm., Cic. Ac. 2, 41, 126. (N.B.--The perf. part. of metior and comps. may be used in pass. sense: cf. L. G. § 525.) 2. mēto, mētor, 1 (to lay down by measuring): v. to mark out, lay out. Phr.: to m. oneself against another (in combat), congrĕdi: cf. Nep. Hann. 1, quotiescunque cum eo [P. R.] congressus est in Italia, semper discessit superior: and Virg. Aen. 1, 475 (v. to encounter): also perh. experiri: cf. Nep. Han. extr., ut interire quam Romanos non experiri mallet (he was determined to m. himself with them): also Virg. Aen. 11, 283, experto credite quantus, etc. (believe me, who have md my strength with him in the field).