mĕto Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Transf.A. In gen., to cut off, pluck off, crop ...2. In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down ...B. To inhabit a region ⓘmessōs | que: perf part pass masc acc pl • mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ma-; Gr. ἀμάω, mow, reap; ἄμη, sickle; cf. messis, messor], to reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.). I. Lit.: cum est matura seges, metendum, Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3: sunt autem metendi genera complura, Col. 2, 21, 2: in metendo occupatos, Caes. B. G. 4, 32: pabula falce, to cut, cut down, Ov. H. 6, 84: farra, id. F 2, 519: arva, Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30.—Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita et metes, as you sow, so shall you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; cf.: ventum seminabunt et turbinem metent, Vulg. Os. 8, 7: qui seminant iniquitatem metet mala, id. Prov. 22, 8: mihi istic nec seritur, nec metitur, i. e. I have no share in it, it does not concern me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80: sibi quisque ruri metit, every one looks out for himself, id. Most. 3, 2, 112: Tibi aras, tibi occas, tibi seris; tibi item metes, id. Merc. prol. 71.—Of the vintage, to gather, etc.: postremus metito, Verg. G. 2, 410; so, vindemiam, Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.—Of bees: purpureosque metunt flores, reap the flowers, i. e. gather the pollen, Verg. G. 4, 54.— II. Transf. A. In gen., to cut off, pluck off, crop (poet.): virgā lilia summa metit, Ov. F. 2, 706: barbam forfice, Mart. 7, 95, 12: capillos, id. 10, 83, 11: olus, to cut, gather, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74: et ferus in silvā farra metebat aper, laid waste, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 40: ille metit barbam, Juv. 3, 186. — 2. In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down: proxima quaeque metit gladio, Verg. A. 10, 513: primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum, Hor. C. 4, 14, 31 tum Vesulum ense metit rapido, Sil. 10, 147: agmina plura metam, Val. Fl. 3, 670.—So of death: metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges (transl. of the Greek of Euripid.: ἀναγκαίως δʼ ἔχει βίον θερίζειν), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.— B. To inhabit a region (poet.): qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt, Sil. 8, 566 (cf. a like poetic transfer of the verbs colere, arare, serere, and bibere).
mētō Copy link ⓘmessōs | que: perf part pass masc acc pl • 1 mētō, āre, tr., mesurer : Prisc. Gramm. 8, 29 ; Virg. Cul. 172, v. castrametor.
mĕtō Copy link Outline 1 intr., faire la moisson, récolter : [prov.] on recueille ce qu'on a ...2 tr., cueillir, récolter, moissonner, couper : [fig.] || [en part. en parl. ... ⓘmessōs | que: perf part pass masc acc pl • 2 mĕtō, (rart messŭī), messum, ĕre, 1. intr., faire la moisson, récolter : Varro R. 1, 50, 3 ; Cæs. G. 4, 32, 5 ; [prov.] ut sementem feceris, ita metes Cic. de Or. 2, 261, on recueille ce qu'on a semé ; mihi istic nec seritur nec metitur Pl. Epid. 265, cela ne me fait ni chaud ni froid ; tibi metis Pl. Merc. 71, c'est ton affaire 2. tr., cueillir, récolter, moissonner, couper : Virg. G. 4, 54 ; Prop. 4, 10, 30 ; Ov. F. 2, 706 ; Plin. 17, 185 ; [fig.] Juv. 3, 186 || [en part. en parl. des batailles] faucher : Virg. En. 10, 513 ; Hor. O. 4, 14, 31 || [poét.] habiter [un pays], cultiver : Sil. 8, 566. ➳ messui : Prisc. Gramm. 10, 47 ; Mamertin. Jul. 22, 1 ; Capel. 3, 319.
Mĕtō Copy link ⓘmessōs | que: perf part pass masc acc pl • 3 Mĕtō ou Mĕtōn, ōnis, m., Méton [astronome d'Athènes, inventeur du cycle de 19 ans, appelé nombre d'or] : Aus. Ep. 2, 12 ; Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2.