verbthird conjugation
metō1
metō (present infinitive metere, perfect active messuī, supine messum)
Classical[ˈmɛ.toː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.to]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to reap, harvest
- to cut, crop or snip off
- to cut through, sever
- to mow down, cut down (in battle)
Plūrēs efficimur, quotiēs metimur ā vōbīs; sēmen est sanguis chrīstiānōrum.
We multiply whenever we are cut down by you; the blood of Christians is seed.Tertullianus, Apologeticus, 50.13
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
frūmentum mātūrum falce secō; autumnō metimus.metō -ere — in Mille Verba, Rūs et Agrīcultūra
frūmentum secōmetō -ere — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 13
segetem colligōmetō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 4, 7
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | metō | metēbam | metam | messuī | messueram | messuerō |
| 2nd sg. | metis | metēbās | metēs | messuistī | messuerās | messueris |
| 3rd sg. | metit | metēbat | metet | messuit | messuerat | messuerit |
| 1st pl. | metimus | metēbāmus | metēmus | messuimus | messuerāmus | messuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | metitis | metēbātis | metētis | messuistis | messuerātis | messueritis |
| 3rd pl. | metunt | metēbant | metent | messuērunt messuēre | messuerant | messuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | metam | meterem | messuerim | messuissem |
| 2nd sg. | metās | meterēs | messuerīs | messuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | metat | meteret | messuerit | messuisset |
| 1st pl. | metāmus | meterēmus | messuerīmus | messuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | metātis | meterētis | messuerītis | messuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | metant | meterent | messuerint | messuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | metor | metēbar | metar |
| 2nd sg. | meteris metere | metēbāris metēbāre | metēris metēre |
| 3rd sg. | metitur | metēbātur | metētur |
| 1st pl. | metimur | metēbāmur | metēmur |
| 2nd pl. | metiminī | metēbāminī | metēminī |
| 3rd pl. | metuntur | metēbantur | metentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | metar | meterer |
| 2nd sg. | metāris metāre | meterēris meterēre |
| 3rd sg. | metātur | meterētur |
| 1st pl. | metāmur | meterēmur |
| 2nd pl. | metāminī | meterēminī |
| 3rd pl. | metantur | meterentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | mete | metere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | metite | metiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | metitō | metitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | metitō | metitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | metitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | metuntō | metuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | metere | metī |
| perfect infinitive | messuisse | messum esse |
| future infinitive | messūrum esse | messum īrī |
| present participle | metēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | messus messa, messā, messae, messam, messārum, messās, messe, messī, messīs, messō, messōrum, messōs |
| future participle | messūrus messūra, messūrā, messūrae, messūram, messūrārum, messūrās, messūre, messūrī, messūrīs, messūrō, messūrōrum, messūrōs, messūrum | metendus metundus, metenda, metendā, metendae, metendam, metendārum, metendās, metende, metendīs, metendōrum, metendōs |
gerundmetendī, metendō, metendumsupinemessum, messū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- messis opīma (opp. ingrata)
- a good harvest.
- messis in herbis est (Liv. 25. 15)
- the crop is in the blade.
- adhuc tua messis in herba est (proverb.)
- your crop is still green, i.e. you are still far from your ambition.
- ut sementem feceris, ita metes (proverb.) (De Or. 2. 65)
- as you sow, so will you reap.
mēto (no
I. perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
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,
I. 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).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(mētō, —, —, āre) see metor.
metō messuī, messus, ere
MET-, to reap, mow, crop, gather, collect, harvest : in metendo occupatos, Cs.: pabula falce, cut down , O.: Falcibus messae herbae, V.—Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita metes, as you sow, so shall you reap .—Of the vintage, to gather : Postremus metito, V.: purpureos flores, i. e. gather the pollen (of bees), V.— To cut off, pluck, crop : virgā lilia summa, O.: farra metebat aper, laid waste , O.: barbam, Iu.— To mow down, cut down, destroy : Proxuma quaeque gladio, V.: metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis, H.: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges, C. poët.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *metō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. The perfect messuī for the expected *messī is analogous to other perfects in -ui. Cognate with Welsh medi (“to reap”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to reap corn”) and ἄμητος (ámētos, “harvest”), Lithuanian mèsti and métyti (“to throw”), Russian мести́ (mestí, “to sweep”) and метáть (metátʹ, “to throw; pile up hay”), English mow and meadow.
Italo-Romance
- Italianmietere
- Neapolitanméte
- Sicilianmètiri
Elsewhere
- Spanishmesarfrom Vulgar Latin *messāre
Gallo-Italic
- Emilianmêder
- Emilianmèder
- Lombardmeder
- Piedmontesemeje
Northern Gallo-Romance
- Franco-Provençalmiére
Southern Gallo-Romance
- Auvergnatmedre