meta...

mētor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [meta], to measure, mete; to measure off, mark out (not in Cic.).

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.—

In partic.

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.—

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.

mŏlendīnārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to a mill, mill- (post-class.).

Adj.:

molendinariae metae,

Amm. 17, 4, 15:

molendinaria meta (al. molendaria),

Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 5.—

Subst.: mŏlen-dīnārĭus, ii, m., a miller, Inscr. Grut. 1114, 6.

paenultĭmus ( pēn-), a, um, adj. [paene-ultimus], the last but one (post-class. for proximus a postremo, Cic. Or. 64, 217):

paenultima meta November,

Aus. Ecl. Quotae Cal. Sint Mens. 12.—

Subst.: pae-nultĭma, ae, f. (sc. syllaba), the penultimate syllable, the penult:

paenultimam circumflectere,

Gell. 4, 7, 2.

paenultĭmus ( pēn-), a, um, adj. [paene-ultimus], the last but one (post-class. for proximus a postremo, Cic. Or. 64, 217):

paenultima meta November,

Aus. Ecl. Quotae Cal. Sint Mens. 12.—

Subst.: pae-nultĭma, ae, f. (sc. syllaba), the penultimate syllable, the penult:

paenultimam circumflectere,

Gell. 4, 7, 2.

prŏpĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [properus].

Act., to hasten, quicken, accelerate; to prepare, make, or do with haste (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

alia quae incepto usui forent properare,

Sall. J. 37, 4:

itineris properandi causā,

id. ib. [p. 1469] 105, 2:

properato itinere,

id. ib. 112, 2:

vascula intus pure propera,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 3, 3:

obsonia,

id. Cas. 2, 8, 57:

fulmina,

Verg. G. 4, 171:

pecuniam heredi,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 62:

mortem,

Tib. 4, 1, 205; Verg. A. 9, 401:

coeptum iter,

Tac. H. 3, 40:

deditionem,

id. A. 2, 22:

caedem,

id. ib. 11, 37:

naves,

id. ib. 2, 6:

hoc studium,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 28.—In pass.:

vellera properabantur,

Hor. Epod. 12, 21: teneri properentur amores, Dum vacat, let them be sung hastily or briefly, Ov. Am. 3, 1, 69:

properatur amor,

id. M. 5, 396:

hinc porticus, inde delubra properantur,

Plin. Pan. 51, 3.—

Neutr., to make haste, to hasten, be quick (class.): aliud est properare, aliud festinare. Qui unum quid mature transigit, is properat: qui multa simul incipit neque perficit, is festinat, Cato ap. Gell. 16, 14, 2; id. ap. Fest. p. 234 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 441, 22:

propera, fer pedem,

Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 30:

properatin' ocius?

id. Curc. 2, 2, 33:

simulabat sese negotii causā properare,

Sall. J. 76, 1; 58, 6:

in Italiam,

Caes. B. G. 2, 35; id. B. C. 2, 20:

ad praedam, ad gloriam,

id. ib. 2, 39:

ad gaudia,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 21:

Romam,

Cic. Mil. 19, 49:

in patriam,

id. Fam. 12, 25:

in fata,

Luc. 8, 658:

sacris, for a sacris,

Ov. M. 6, 201; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 58;

but sometimes with collat. notion of excessive haste: properantibus Blaesus advenit, increpabatque, etc. (cf. the context),

Tac. A. 1, 18; 13, 17.— With sup.: ultro licentiam in vos auctum, atque adjutum properatis, Sall. Or. Licin. ad Pleb. (H. 3, 61, 16 Dietsch).—With inf.:

argentum propere propera vomere,

Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 10:

redire in patriam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 35:

quin huc ad vos venire propero?

id. Rep. 6, 15, 15:

signa inferre, atque evadere oppido,

Sall. J. 56, 5:

pervenire,

Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

aliquem amando Perdere,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 2.—With object-clause:

se quisque hostem ferire properabat,

Sall. C. 7, 6; Amm. 25, 7.— Impers. pass.:

properatum vehementer, cum, etc.,

Cic. Sull. 19, 54; Verg. A. 4, 416.— Transf., of inanimate subjects, with inf. pass.:

mala decerpi properantia,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 52.—Hence,

prŏpĕrans, antis, P. a., hastening, hasty, rapid, speedy (class.):

ille properans, festinans,

Cic. Phil. 9, 3, 6:

haec properantes scripsimus,

in haste, id. Att. 4, 4, a.— Comp.:

rotam solito properantior urget,

Claud. in Ruf. 2, 337.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĕran-ter, hastily, speedily, quickly (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.:

propere, cito, festinanter, celeriter, etc.),

Lucr. 5, 300:

properanter accepit codicillos,

Tac. A. 16, 24.— Comp.:

beneficia properantius, quam aes mutuum, reddere,

Sall. J. 96, 2; 8, 2:

ire,

Ov. F. 4, 673.— Sup.: properantissime aliquid afferre, Cod. Th. 11, 30, 8.—

prŏpĕrātus, a, um, P. a., hurried, accelerated, rapid, quick, speedy (mostly poet.):

tabellae,

Ov. M. 9, 586:

mors,

id. Tr. 3, 3, 34:

gloria rerum,

id. M. 15, 748:

meta curribus,

i. e. rapidly approached, Mart. 10, 50, 7:

naves,

Tac. A. 2, 6:

tela,

id. ib. 2, 80.— Comp.:

properatius tempus,

Sol. 26.— Absol.: properato opus est, there is need of haste:

accurato et properato opus est,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 210:

erat nihil, cur properato opus esset,

Cic. Mil. 19, 49.—Hence, adv.: prŏpĕrā-tō, quickly, speedily (Tac.):

properato ad mortem agitur,

Tac. A. 13, 1.

termĭnus, i, m. (collat. form termo, ōnis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll., or Ann. v. 470 and 471 Vahl.; and termen, ĭnis, n., acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; so,

(BTERMINA DVO STANT,

Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. terma, goal; termôn, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).

Lit., of local boundaries:

contentio de terminis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

agrorum,

Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

templi,

Liv. 45, 5, 7:

urbis,

Tac. A. 12, 23; 12, 24 fin.:

possessionum,

Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

vicinitatis,

id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8:

Alexandria, in terminis Africae et Aegypti condita,

Just. 21, 6, 3.—Comically, = membrum virile, Pompon. ap. Non. 146, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 126 Rib.).— Hence,

Personified: Termĭnus, the deity presiding over boundaries, Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 22; Liv. 1, 55, 3; 5, 54, 7; Hor. C. S. 27; Lact. 1, 20, 38; Fest. p. 368; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 448. —

Transf., in gen., a bound, limit, end, term:

constituendi sunt, qui sint in amicitiā fines, ut quasi termini diligendi,

Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf.:

certos mihi fines terminosque constituam,

id. Quint. 10, 35:

oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingeni sui finibus describere,

id. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

contentionum,

id. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire jus suum,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes isdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

omnium aetatum certus est terminus, senectutis autem nullus est certus terminus,

id. Sen. 20, 72:

vitae,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

pangere terminos,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

termini egestatis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

hos terminos dignitati statuo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 3.

termĭnus, i, m. (collat. form termo, ōnis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 363 Müll., or Ann. v. 470 and 471 Vahl.; and termen, ĭnis, n., acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.; so,

(BTERMINA DVO STANT,

Inscr. Orell. 3121) [Sanscr. root tar-, overcome; tīrain, shore, edge; Gr. terma, goal; termôn, border; cf. trans, in-trare], a boundary-line, boundary, bound, limit (syn.: finis, limes, meta).

Lit., of local boundaries:

contentio de terminis,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:

agrorum,

Plin. 18, 2, 2, § 8; Hor. C. 2, 18, 24:

templi,

Liv. 45, 5, 7:

urbis,

Tac. A. 12, 23; 12, 24 fin.:

possessionum,

Cic. Mil. 27, 74:

vicinitatis,

id. Rab. Perd. 3, 8:

Alexandria, in terminis Africae et Aegypti condita,

Just. 21, 6, 3.—Comically, = membrum virile, Pompon. ap. Non. 146, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 126 Rib.).— Hence,

Personified: Termĭnus, the deity presiding over boundaries, Ov. F. 2, 639 sq.; Varr. L. L. 5, 10, 22; Liv. 1, 55, 3; 5, 54, 7; Hor. C. S. 27; Lact. 1, 20, 38; Fest. p. 368; Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 448. —

Transf., in gen., a bound, limit, end, term:

constituendi sunt, qui sint in amicitiā fines, ut quasi termini diligendi,

Cic. Lael. 16, 56; cf.:

certos mihi fines terminosque constituam,

id. Quint. 10, 35:

oratoris facultatem non illius artis terminis, sed ingeni sui finibus describere,

id. de Or. 1, 49, 214:

contentionum,

id. Fam. 6, 22, 2:

nullis terminis circumscribere aut definire jus suum,

id. de Or. 1, 16, 70:

Pompeius, cujus res gestae atque virtutes isdem quibus solis cursus regionibus ac terminis continentur,

id. Cat. 4, 10, 21:

omnium aetatum certus est terminus, senectutis autem nullus est certus terminus,

id. Sen. 20, 72:

vitae,

id. Rab. Perd. 10, 29:

pangere terminos,

id. Leg. 1, 21, 56:

termini egestatis,

Plaut. As. 1, 2, 13:

hos terminos dignitati statuo,

Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 3.