meatum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →meo, meare, meavi, meatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
go along, pass, travel;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →meatus, meatus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
movement along line, course/path; progress; line followed; channel; passage-way;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...ducere tractus in quas cumque dedit partis natura meatum? non cadere in terras stellas et sidera cernis..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...docebit: vim sentiendi pulsus venarum, caloris modos, spiritus meatum, coloris distantiam, quae sui cuiusque sunt ingenii, non dabit..."
