meto

See also: METO, Meto, and Měto

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmɛ.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈmə.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈme.to]

Verb

meto

1. first-person singular present indicative of metre

Esperanto

Etymology

From meti +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeto/
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: me‧to

Noun

meto (uncountable, accusative meton)

1. placement

Galician

Verb

meto

1. first-person singular present indicative of meter

Ingrian

Etymology

From mesi (“honey”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈmeto/, [ˈme̞to̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmetoi̯/, [ˈme̞d̥o̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -eto, -etoi̯
• Hyphenation: me‧to

Noun

meto

1. Synonym of mesi

Declension

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.

References

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

Latin

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛː.t̪o]

Verb

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

   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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		metere			metī			metēns			—
future		messūrum esse			messum īrī			messūrus			metendus, metundus
perfect		messuisse			messum esse			—			messus
future perfect		—			messum fore			—			—
perfect potential		messūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		metendī		metendō		metendum		metendō		messum		messū

Derived terms

• dēmetō
• ēmetō
• messiō
• messis
• messor

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: mietere
  • Neapolitan: méte
  • Sicilian: mètiri
• Padanian:
  • Emilian: mèder
  • Lombard: meder
  • Piedmontese: meje
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: miére
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Auvergnat: medre

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 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

Noun

mẽto

1. genitive singular of mẽtas (“time”)

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

meto

1. vocative singular of meta

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈme.tu/

• Rhymes: -etu
• Hyphenation: me‧to

Verb

meto

1. first-person singular present indicative of meter

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

meto

1. first-person singular present indicative of meter