metō messuī, messus, ere
MET-,
to reap, mow, crop, gather, collect, harvest
: in metendo occupatos, Cs.:
pabula falce,
cut down
, O.: Falcibus messae herbae,
V.—Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita metes,
as you sow, so shall you reap
.—Of the vintage,
to gather
: Postremus metito, V.: purpureos flores, i. e.
gather the pollen
(of bees), V.—
To cut off, pluck, crop
: virgā lilia summa, O.:
farra metebat aper,
laid waste
, O.: barbam, Iu.—
To mow down, cut down, destroy
: Proxuma quaeque gladio, V.:
metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis, H.:
vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges, C.
poët.
