verbfirst conjugation, deponent
mētor
mētor (present infinitive mētārī, perfect active mētātus sum)
Classical[ˈmeː.tɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.tor]
Meaning
- deponentto measure, mete or mark out
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
castra dēsignōmētor -ārī, -ātus — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 14
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Metiri · Metari · Dimetiri · Dimetari
1. Metiri means to measure a space in order to know its magnitude; whereas metari, to mark the boundaries of the space that has been measured, that they may be known to others. 2. By dimetiri and dimetari, the measuring and marking out of sub-divisions is especially meant; wherefore metari castra refers merely to the whole circumference of the entrenchments; when, therefore, Liv. viii. 38. uses the phrase locum castris dimetari, it is evident of itself that he expressly means, to mark the boundaries of the principia and of the prætorium, etc., that are within the camp. (ii. 169.)
[Mirari is indifferent: admirari usually involves praise, demirari blame.]
Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mētor | mētābar | mētābor | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | mētāris mētāre | mētābāris mētābāre | mētāberis mētābere | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | mētātur | mētābātur | mētābitur | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | mētāmur | mētābāmur | mētābimur | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | mētāminī | mētābāminī | mētābiminī | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | mētantur | mētābantur | mētābuntur | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | mēter | mētārer | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | mētēris mētēre | mētārēris mētārēre | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | mētētur | mētārētur | — | — |
| 1st pl. | mētēmur | mētārēmur | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | mētēminī | mētārēminī | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | mētentur | mētārentur | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | mētāre | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | mētāminī | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | mētātor | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | mētātor | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | mētantor | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | mētārī | — |
| perfect infinitive | mētātum esse | — |
| future infinitive | mētātūrum esse | — |
| present participle | mētāns | — |
| perfect participle | mētātus mētāta, mētātā, mētātae, mētātam, mētātārum, mētātās, mētāte, mētātī, mētātīs, mētātō, mētātōrum, mētātōs | — |
| future participle | mētātūrus mētātūra, mētātūrā, mētātūrae, mētātūram, mētātūrārum, mētātūrās, mētātūre, mētātūrī, mētātūrīs, mētātūrō, mētātūrōrum, mētātūrōs, mētātūrum | mētandus mētanda, mētandā, mētandae, mētandam, mētandārum, mētandās, mētande, mētandīs, mētandōrum, mētandōs |
gerundmētandī, mētandō, mētandumsupinemētātum, mētātū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- castra metari (B. C. 3. 13)
- to mark out a camp.
mētor, ātus, 1, v. dep. meta,
I. to measure, mete; to measure off, mark out (not in Cic.).
I. In gen.:
stadium Hercules pedibus suis metatus est, Gell. 1, 1, 2: caelum, Ov. F. 1, 309: Indiam, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57. —Poet., to traverse, pass through: nunc nemoris alti densa metatur loca, Sen. Hippol. 505: agros, Sil. 6, 58.—II. In partic.
1. Act., to measure out, mark, or lay out: castra metati signa statuunt, Cael. ap. Non. 137, 18: castra, * Caes. B. C. 3, 13, 3:
cum ortu solis castra metabatur, measured out the ground for a camp, encamped, pitched his camp, Sall. J. 106, 5: agrum, Liv. 21, 25: agros, Verg. G. 2, 274: eam (i. e. Alexandriam), Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62: regiones (for a temple), Liv. 1, 10, 6: castra, Vulg. 3 Reg. 20, 27.—2. Neutr., to encamp, pitch one's tent:
metarique sub ipso templo ... jussit, Liv. 44, 7, 2: post tabernaculum, Vulg. Num. 3, 23.—Hence, transf., to erect, pitch, set up: tabernacula ciliciis, Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 143.—Act. collat. form, mēto, āre, to measure, measure out, etc.: loca, Verg. Cul. 172.—Pass.: locus metatur, Sen. Thyest. 462.—Often in part. perf.: castris eo loco metatis, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15; so, castra, Liv. 44, 37, 1: porticus, Hor. C. 2, 15, 15: agellus, id. S. 2, 2, 114: prope Beroeam vallo metato, Amm. 31, 9, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mētor ātus, ārī, dep.
meta, to measure, mete, measure off, mark out, lay out : caelum, O.: castra, i. e. pitch his camp , S., Cs.: agrum, L.: metarique sub ipso templo . . . iussit, to encamp , L.— P. pass. : metata castra, L.: agellus, H.
Origins
Denominal of mēta. Compare mētior.