metere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →metor, metari, metatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
measure off, mark out;
sg. pres. subj. 2nd - Entry →meto, metere, messui, messus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
reap; mow, cut off;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quasi herba inrigua succrevere uberrime: eorum licet iam metere messem maxumam, neque quicquam hic nunc est vile nisi..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ullo armato praesidio passim uagantis per agros Romanos metere, cum equitibus, duobus milibus Thracum et Cretensium profectus..."
