ē-mētĭor — Lewis & Short
ē-mētĭor, mensus, 4,
I v. dep. a., to measure out (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
I Lit.:
spatium oculis,Verg. A. 10, 772:
longitudines et altitudines vocis,Gell. 16, 18, 4.—
II Transf.
A To pass through, pass over, traverse a certain space:
cum freta, cum terras omnis, tot inhospita saxa Sideraque emensae ferimur,Verg. A. 5, 628; 11, 244; Tib. 3, 4, 17; Liv. 27, 43; 31, 24; 38, 17 fin.; Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; Tac. A. 11, 32; 15, 16 al.; cf. poet.:
pelagi terraeque laborem,Sil. 4, 53;
and in Tacitus, of time: Galba quinque principes prosperā fortunā emensus,i. e. having survived, Tac. H. 1, 49.—
B To impart, beslow: non aliquid patriae tanto emetiris acervo? * Hor. S. 2, 2, 105: ego voluntatem tibi profecto emetior, sed rem ipsam nondum posse videor, * Cic. Brut. 4, 16.!*? ēmensus, a, um, Part. in pass. signif. (acc. to II. A. and B.).
1 Passed through, traversed:
multo major pars itineris,Liv. 21, 30, 5; so id. 43, 21 fin.; Verg. G. 1, 450; Val. Fl. 5, 182; 4, 351.—
2 Imparted, distributed, Sen. Q. N. 4, 4.