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proper noun

Mĕton

Meaning

  1. 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

Mĕton or Mĕto, ōnis, m., = Μέτων,
I. 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.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyMetonMeton (Μέτων). With the name of Meton we join those of PHAEINUS (Φαεινός) and EUCTEMON (Εὐκτήμων), all of Athens, contemporaries, and, as to the littl…

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What does Mĕton mean in Latin?
Mĕton, a proper noun, means “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”.