mētĭor — Lewis & Short
mētĭor, mensus (post-class. metītus, 4, v. dep.Sanscr. ma, to measure; cf. Gr. me/-tron, Lat. modus,
Dig. 32, 1, 52),I to measure, mete (lands, corn); also, to measure or mete out, to deal out, distribute by measure (class.).
I Lit.:
metiri agrum,Cic. Fam. 9, 17, 2:
frumentum,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83, § 192:
sol, quem metiri non possunt,id. Ac. 2, 41, 128:
magnitudinem mundi,id. Off. 1, 43, 154: nummos, to measure one's money, i. e. to have a great abundance of it, Hor. S. 1, 1, 95:
nummos modio,Petr. S. 37:
se ad candelabrum,id. ib. 75:
pedes syllabis,to measure by syllables, Cic. Or. 57, 194:
frumentum militibus metiri,Caes. B. G. 1, 16:
cum exercitu frumentum metiri oporteret,id. ib. 1, 23;
7, 71: Caecubum,Hor. Epod. 9, 36:
quis mensus est pugillo aquas?Vulg. Isa. 40, 12:
tantus acervus fuit, ut metientibus dimidium super tres modios explesse, sint quidam auctores,Liv. 23, 12.—
B Poet. transf., to measure a distance, i. e. to pass, walk, or sail through or over, to traverse:
Sacram metiente te viam (of the measured pace of a proud person),Hor. Epod. 4, 7:
aequor curru,to sail through, Verg. G. 4, 389:
aquas carinā,Ov. M. 9, 446:
tu, cursu, dea menstruo metiens iter annuom,to go through complete, Cat. 34, 17:
instabili gressu metitur litora cornix,Luc. 5, 556.—Also absol.:
quin hic metimur gradibus militariis,to walk, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11.—
II Trop., to measure, estimate, judge one thing by another; also simply to measure, estimate, judge of, set a value on a thing.
(a) With abl. of the standard of comparison, or the means of judgment:
sonantia metiri auribus,Cic. Or. 68, 227:
oculo latus,Hor. S. 1, 2, 103:
omnia quaestu,by profit, Cic. Phil. 2, 43, 111:
qui nihil alterius causa faciet et metietur suis commodis omnia,id. Leg. 1, 14, 41:
vides igitur, si amicitiam sua caritate metiare, nihil esse praestantius,id. Fin. 2, 26, 85:
vim eloquentiae sua facultate non rei natura,id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 10:
omnia voluptate,id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:
studia utilitate,Quint. 12, 11, 29:
magnos homines virtute, non fortuna,Nep. Eum. 1:
usum pecuniae non magnitudine, sed ratione,Cic. Att. 14:
officia utilitate,Lact. 6, 11, 12:
odium in se aliorum suo in eos metiens odio,Liv. 3, 54:
pericula suo metu,Sall. C. 31, 2:
peccata vitiis,Cic. Par. 3, 1, 20:
aetatem nostram non spatio senectutis, sed tempore adulescentiae,Quint. 12, 11, 13.—
(b) With ex (very rare):
fidelitas, quam ego ex mea conscientiā metior,Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 2: ex eo, quantum cuique satis est, metiuntur homines divitiarum modum, id. Par. 6, 1, 14.—
(g) With ad:
nec se metitur ad illum quem dedit haec (paupertas) posuitque modum,i. e. accommodates herself, Juv. 6, 358.—
(d) Absol. (post-Aug.):
metiri ac diligenter aestimare vires suas,Quint. 6, 1, 45:
pondera sua,Mart. 12, 100, 8:
sua regna,Luc. 8, 527. —(e) With quod:
quanto metiris pretio, quod, etc.,Juv. 9, 72.—
B To traverse. go over, pass through:
late Aequora prospectu metior alta meo,Ov. H. 10, 28:
tot casus, tot avia,Val. Fl. 5, 476:
jamque duas lucis partes Hyperione menso,Ov. M. 8, 564.—
C To measure out, deal to any one, treat one well or ill:
mensurā quā mensi fueritis, remetietur vobis,Vulg. Luc. 6, 38; cf. id. Matt. 7, 2.!*? In pass. signif., to be measured:
agri glebatim metiebantur,Lact. Mort. Persec. 23, 2:
an sol pedis unius latitudine metiatur,Arn. 2, 86.—Part. perf.: mensus, a, um, measured off:
mensa spatia conficere,Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 69.—As subst.:
bene mensum dabo,good measure, Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.