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(verb) : mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, and n. root ma-; Gr. ἀμάω, mow, reap; ἄμη, sickle; cf. messis, messor
* To reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.).
* 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.
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* 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.
* 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 δ̓ ἔχει βίον θερίζειν), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.
* 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).
* To reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.).
* 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.
* Transf.
* 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.
* 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 δ̓ ἔχει βίον θερίζειν), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.
* 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 T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
mēto (no
* Perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
* Perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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