mēta ae, f
a cone, pyramid: collis in modum
metae fastigatus, L.: petra in metae modum
erecta, i. e. in the shape of a cone, Cu.—A conical column at the
end of the circus, turning-post, goal: metaque fervidis Evitata
rotis, H.: stringam metas interiore
rotā, O.—A goal, winning-post, mark: optatam cursu contingere metam, H.: metam tenebant (in
a boat-race), V.: metas lustrare Pachyni, to
sail around the turning-point (promontory), V.—An end, period, extremity,
boundary, limit: longarum haec meta viarum, V.: His metas rerum ponere, of dominion, V.: vitae, O.: umbra terrae, quae est meta
noctis, the limit of night: sol ex aequo metā
distabat utrāque, i. e. it was noon, O.—Fig.: fama
adulescentis paulum haesit ad metas, failed at the critical point.
