metor Latin · revision 9988

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Livy|origins=la mēta}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmeː.tɔr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmɛː.tor]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mētor''' (present infinitive mētārī, perfect active mētātus sum); first conjugation, deponent^(Wiktionary)

+ Occasionally used in a passive sense; the ''Culex'' has an active ''mētō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a denominative of [[mēta]] “turning post, boundary mark”; compare [[mētior]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Livy, of marking out.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to measure off, mark out a line or area, as in Livy; to lay out, plan; to take the measure of, scrutinize; and in Seneca to traverse, pass through, and Lewis & Short note it is not in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of laying out.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of traversing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|measure]] off, mark out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To lay out, plan.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To scrutinize.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|traverse]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mēta]]

+ * [[mētātor]]

+ * [[mētior]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}