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 ⓘmĕtat: pres subj act 3rd sgmētat: pres ind act 3rd sg • 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).
mētor Copy link Outline I. In gen.II. In partic.1. Act., to measure out, mark, or lay out ...2. Neutr., to encamp, pitch one's tent ... ⓘmētat: pres ind act 3rd sg (dep) • mētor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [meta], to measure, mete; to measure off, mark out (not in Cic.). I. In gen.: stadium Hercules pedibus suis metatus est, Gell. 1, 1, 2: caelum, Ov. F. 1, 309: Indiam, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57. —Poet., to traverse, pass through: nunc nemoris alti densa metatur loca, Sen. Hippol. 505: agros, Sil. 6, 58.— II. In partic. 1. Act., to measure out, mark, or lay out: castra metati signa statuunt, Cael. ap. Non. 137, 18: castra, * Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3: cum ortu solis castra metabatur, measured out the ground for a camp, encamped, pitched his camp, Sall. J. 106, 5: agrum, Liv. 21, 25: agros, Verg. G. 2, 274: eam (i. e. Alexandriam), Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62: regiones (for a temple), Liv. 1, 10, 6: castra, Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 27.— 2. Neutr., to encamp, pitch one's tent: metarique sub ipso templo ... jussit, Liv. 44, 7, 2: post tabernaculum, Vulg. Num. 3, 23.—Hence, transf., to erect, pitch, set up: tabernacula ciliciis, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143.—Act. collat. form, mēto, āre, to measure, measure out, etc.: loca, Verg. Cul. 172.—Pass.: locus metatur, Sen. Thyest. 462.—Often in part. perf.: castris eo loco metatis, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15; so, castra, Liv. 44, 37, 1: porticus, Hor. C. 2, 15, 15: agellus, id. S. 2, 2, 114: prope Beroeam vallo metato, Amm. 31, 9, 1.
mēto Copy link ⓘmētat: pres ind act 3rd sg • mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
Mĕton Copy link ⓘmētat: pres ind act 3rd sg • Mĕton or Mĕto, ōnis, m., = Μέτων, a celebrated Athenian astronomer, who discovered the cycle of nineteen years, at the end of which the new and full moons again fall on the same days, Avien. Prognost. 48; Aus. Epis. 2, 12.—Hence Cicero says, jestingly, of a debtor named Meton, who promised to pay in a year's time: quando iste Metonis annus veniet? Cic. Att. 12, 3, 2; cf. id. ib. 12, 51, 3.
mētō Copy link ⓘmĕtat: pres subj act 3rd sgmētat: pres ind act 3rd sg • 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. ... ⓘmĕtat: pres subj act 3rd sgmētat: pres ind act 3rd sg • 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 ⓘmĕtat: pres subj act 3rd sgmētat: pres ind act 3rd sg • 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.
mētor Copy link Outline 1 mesurer (arpenter) : [le stade] [le ciel] cf. || [poét.] parcourir : ...2 délimiter, fixer les limites de : arrêter le plan d'Alexandrie ; partager ... ⓘmētat: pres ind act 3rd sg (dep) • mētor, ātus sum, ārī, tr., 1. mesurer (arpenter) : [le stade] Gell. 1, 1, 2 ; [le ciel] Ov. F. 1, 309 ; cf. Plin. 6, 57 || [poét.] parcourir : Sen. Phædra 505 ; Sil. 6, 58 2. délimiter, fixer les limites de : Alexandriam Plin. 5, 62, arrêter le plan d'Alexandrie ; agrum Liv. 21, 25, 5, partager les terres [en lots] || [en part.] castra metari, mesurer (fixer) l'emplacement d'un camp : Cæs. C. 3, 13, 3 ; Sall. J. 106, 5 ; Liv. 21, 25, 5 || [sans castra] Liv. 44, 7, 2 || [fig.] installer, ériger [des tentes] : Plin. 6, 143. ➳ passif : metatur Sen. Thyest. 452 || part. metatis castris Hirt. G. 8, 15, 2, le camp ayant été tracé (fixé), cf. Liv. 44, 37, 1 ; metatus agellus Hor. S. 2, 2, 114, champ mesuré [pour le partage].