meto

See also: Měto

Catalan

Verb

meto

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of metre

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- (“to mow, reap”) (with messuī for *messī, with influence from early seruī, from serō).

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “reap corn”), ἄμη (ámē, “shovel or mattock”) and Old English māwan (English mow).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈme.toː/, [ˈmɛ.toː]

Verb

metō (present infinitive metere, perfect active messuī, supine messum); third conjugation

  1. I reap, harvest.
  2. I cut, crop or snip off.
  3. I cut through, sever.
  4. I mow down, cut down (in battle).
    • Tertullianus, Apologeticus, 50.13
      Plures efficimur, quoties metimur a vobis; semen est sanguis christianorum.
      We multiply whenever we are cut down by you; the blood of Christians is seed.

Inflection

   Conjugation of meto (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present metō metis metit metimus metitis metunt
imperfect metēbam metēbās metēbat metēbāmus metēbātis metēbant
future metam metēs metet metēmus metētis metent
perfect messuī messuistī messuit messuimus messuistis messuērunt, messuēre
pluperfect messueram messuerās messuerat messuerāmus messuerātis messuerant
future perfect messuerō messueris messuerit messuerimus messueritis messuerint
passive present metor meteris, metere metitur metimur metiminī metuntur
imperfect metēbar metēbāris, metēbāre metēbātur metēbāmur metēbāminī metēbantur
future metar metēris, metēre metētur metēmur metēminī metentur
perfect messus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect messus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect messus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present metam metās metat metāmus metātis metant
imperfect meterem meterēs meteret meterēmus meterētis meterent
perfect messuerim messuerīs messuerit messuerīmus messuerītis messuerint
pluperfect messuissem messuissēs messuisset messuissēmus messuissētis messuissent
passive present metar metāris, metāre metātur metāmur metāminī metantur
imperfect meterer meterēris, meterēre meterētur meterēmur meterēminī meterentur
perfect messus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect messus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — mete — — metite —
future — metitō metitō — metitōte metuntō
passive present — metere — — metiminī —
future — metitor metitor — — metuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives metere messuisse messūrus esse metī messus esse messum īrī
participles metēns — messūrus — messus metendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
metere metendī metendō metendum messum messū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Franco-Provençal: miére
  • Italian: mietere

References

  • meto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • meto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • meto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • meto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • as you sow, so will you reap: ut sementem feceris, ita metes (proverb.) (De Or. 2. 65)
  • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Polish

Noun

meto

  1. Vocative singular of meta.

Portuguese

Verb

meto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meter

Spanish

Verb

meto

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of meter.
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