See also: METO, Meto, and Měto

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meto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of metre

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Etymology

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From meti +‎ -o.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmeto]
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Hyphenation: me‧to

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meto (uncountable, accusative meton)

  1. placement

Galician

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meto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meter

Ingrian

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Etymology

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From mesi (honey) +‎ -o.

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meto

  1. Synonym of mesi

Declension

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Declension of meto (type 4/koivu, t- gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative meto meot
genitive meon mettoin, metoloin
partitive mettoa metoja, metoloja
illative mettoo mettoi, metoloihe
inessive meos meois, metolois
elative meost meoist, metoloist
allative meolle meoille, metoloille
adessive meol meoil, metoloil
ablative meolt meoilt, metoloilt
translative meoks meoiks, metoloiks
essive metonna, mettoon metoinna, metoloinna, mettoin, metoloin
exessive1) metont metoint, metoloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 304

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *metō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (to mow, reap), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. The perfect messuī for the expected *messī is analogous to other perfects in -ui.

Cognate with Welsh medi (to reap), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, to reap corn) and ἄμητος (ámētos, harvest), Lithuanian mèsti and métyti (to throw), Russian мести́ (mestí, to sweep) and метáть (metátʹ, to throw; pile up hay), English mow and meadow.

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

  1. to reap, harvest
    Synonym: dēsecō
  2. to cut, crop or snip off
  3. to cut through, sever
  4. to mow down, cut down (in battle)
    • Tertullianus, Apologeticus, 50.13
      Plūrēs efficimur, quotiēs metimur ā vōbīs; sēmen est sanguis chrīstiānōrum.
      We multiply whenever we are cut down by you; the blood of Christians is seed.

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of metō (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 messūrum esse metī messum esse messum īrī
participles metēns messūrus messus metendus,
metundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
metendī metendō metendum metendō messum messū

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  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: mietere
    • Neapolitan: méte
    • Sicilian: mètiri
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:

References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • meto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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

Lithuanian

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mẽto

  1. genitive singular of mẽtas (time)

Polish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɔ
  • Syllabification: me‧to

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meto

  1. vocative singular of meta

Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: -etu
  • Hyphenation: me‧to

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meto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meter

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmeto/ [ˈme.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Syllabification: me‧to

Verb

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meto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of meter