mētor — Lewis & Short
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.