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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.
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