metarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →meta, metae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
cone, pyramid; conical column, turning point at circus, goal; end, boundary;
gen. pl.
Examples
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...dederit Petosiris. si mediocris erit, spatium lustrabit utrimque metarum et sortes ducet frontemque manumque praebebit uati crebrum poppysma..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...habet, crudelibus ambo exuuiis diroque imbuti sanguine currus. metarum instar erat hinc nudo robore quercus, olim omnes exuta..."