MET 
MET 
MET 
|fist wind by north , between boreas and 
caecias. Plin. 
>1ES6BRXCHyS (pca6/3paxvs)i sc • P es i 
3 afoot (of a verse) consisting of five sylla¬ 
bles., of which the one in the middle is short, 
as, pulcherrimarum. Diomed. 
MES6CII6R0S (psodxopos), i, m. one who 
3 stands in the middle of a choir ; the leader 
or director of a band of music. Sidon. 
MES8LXBUM ( pr.adXajiov ), i, n. a mathe¬ 
matical instrument for finding out middle 
proportional lines. Pitruv. 
R1ES5LEUC0S (ptrr6 Xcvkos), i, white in 
the middle. — Hence, a black gem, having 
a white stroke in the middle, is called so. 
Plin. — Also, an herb with a white stroke 
through the middle of the leaf. Plin. 
RIESOMELaS (pcaopcXui), alios, black in 
the middle. Hence, is called a precious 
stone having a black vein parting every 
color in the middle. Plin. 37, 63. 
R1ES0NAUTX (pcaovavrys), sj. m. per- 
3 haps, a seaman inferior to a pilot, but 
superior to a rower Pandect. 
MESOPOTAMIA (Mecro-orapiu), re, f. 
,, country of Asia between the rivers Ti¬ 
gris and Euphrates. — Hence, Rlesopota- 
mius, a, um, pertaining to Mesopotamia. 
Paler, ap. Popisc. 
RIESOSPILERUM (pcaoaibaipov), i, n. 
a species of nard. Plin. 
MeSPILUM (piam\ov), i, n. a medlar. 
Plin. -IT Also, a medlar-tree. Pallad. 
R1ESPIL0S (peairiXq), i, f. the medlar-tree. 
Plin. -IT Also, a medlar. Pallad. 
MESSaLINA, ©, f. the infamous wife of the 
emperor Claudius. 
MeSSaLLA, or RIeSSaLA, re, m. the 
name of a Roman family. 
RIeSSaNA (Mro-o-jji/r/), ffi, f. now Messina, 
a town of Sicily and colony of Messene in 
Peloponnesus. —— IT Also, same as Mes¬ 
sene ; a city in the Peloponnesus. Stat. — 
Hence, Rlessanius, a, urn, for Riesse- 
nius. Ovid. 
RIeSSaPIA, re, f. a part of Lower Italy; 
it is the same as Calabria, Plin., or Apu¬ 
lia, Pest. — Hence, Messaplus, a, um, 
Apulian, or Calabrian. Ovid. —• filessa- 
pii, the inhabitants. Lie. 
RIeSSaPuS, i, m. a prince Of Apulia or 
Calabria. Pirg. — Hence, RIessapius, 
a, um. See Messapia. 
MeSSeIS (Mro-ciji'f), ldis, f. a fountain 
of Thessaly. Plin. — Hence, adj., Mes- 
seides undfe. Paler. Place. 
RIeSSeNe (Xlscrafivy), es, or RIeSSeNX, 
os, f. the capital of Mcssenia in the Pelo¬ 
ponnesus. — Hence, RIessenius, a, um, 
pertaining to it, Messenian. Ovid. — 
Messenii, the inhabitants. Liv. — Rles- 
senia (sc. regio, terra), the country of the 
Peloponnesus, of which Messene is the 
capital. 
MESSIS (meto, ere), onis, f. a mowing or 
3 reaping. Parr. 
MESSIS (Id.), is, f. areaping and gather¬ 
ing in of corn and other fruits. Cic. 
Q.?iid sit sementis ac messis, &c. 
Plin. Rlessem facere. Cic. amittere. 
— Also, the gathering in of honey. Pirg. 
-IT Also, corn gathered off a field. 
Parr, and Pirg. — Hence, in a more ex¬ 
tended signification. Stat. RIessis Cili- 
cum et Arabum, h. c. frankincense and 
saffron. Id. Messis bellatura, the men 
that came forth from the dragon’s teeth 
which Cadmus had sowed. — Also, fruits 
which are to be gathered. Tibull. and 
Ovid, — Hence, Ovid. Adhuc tua messis 
in lierba est, your hopes are but in the 
bud. Tibull. Urere suas messes, to fire 
his own corn-rick. - IT Also, the time 
of reaping and gathering, h. e. the har¬ 
vest. Pirg. and Colurn. — Plin. Rlessi- 
bus, h. e. tempore messium_Hence, 
in a more extended signification, in 
counting, a year. Martial, quarta, tri- 
gesima. - IT Also, figur. Plant. 
Mali rnessem metere, to cam ingrati¬ 
tude. Cic. temporis Sullani, h. e. when 
many were either killed or deprived of 
their fortune.-“IT The acc. Messim oc¬ 
curs sometimes. Parr. -IT Messis is 
found in the masc. gender in Lucil. 
RIESS5R (Id.), oris, m. a reaper, mower. 
Cic. -If Also, figur. Plant. Sator 
scelertnn et messor. 
MESSoRICS (messor), a, nip, mi}, pertain- 
i.ng to reapers or mowing. Cic. corbis. 
MESSORX, as, f. same as Mcssio .3 Diomed. 
RIeSSOS, a, um. See Meto, ere. 
MET, a syllable affixed to some pronouns, 
Terent. Egomet. Cic. Memet. Lncrel. 
Tutemet. — It is said to signify self; 
but Cicero has dc memet ipso, which 
would be pleonastic. 
META (unc.), as, f. any thing in the form 
of a cone or pyramid, as a hay-rick. 
Cic. Umbra tern® est meta noctis. Cu- 
lum. Fenum exstruere in metas, to 
make hay-ricks. Plin. RIetas (feni) 
accendere, h. e. hay-ricks. Martial. 
lactis, h. e. caseus. So, also, Id. Lac- 
tans meta. — Pandect. Meta, the up¬ 
per mill-stone (as catillus is the low¬ 
er). — Especially, the pyramidal 
column at each end of the Roman circus, 
round which the horses and chariots turn¬ 
ed seven times. Sueton. Coes. 39. Metre 
sublatre refers also to the brick wall (spi¬ 
na) in the middle of the Circus, at both 
the extremities of which there were the me¬ 
tre or goals. Hence, figur. Ovid. In- 
teriorem metam curru terere, not to di¬ 
gress or deviate ; to go straight forward. 
Cic. In hoc flexu quasi annus lama ado 
lesceutis paulum hsesit, suffered some¬ 
what, met with a rub (as if by running 
foul of the turning-place).—11 Also, any 
piace of turning. Pirg. Metas lustrare 
Pacliyni, to sail round the promontory of 
Pachynus. Liv. Ad metam eandem so¬ 
ils, h. e. initium anni Solaris et lunaris. 
-- IT Also, the goal, end, extremity, 
boundary, limit, fixed term, period, pirg. 
Rletamque tenebant. Id. mortis. Ovid. 
ultima. Id. Properare ad metam. Id. 
Vi tie metam tangere. Pirg. revi. Scl. 
Terrarum invisere metas. — Ovid. Sol 
ex sequo meta distabat utraque, it was 
noon. — Pirg. Nox mediam coeli me¬ 
tam contigerat, h. e. medium ccelum. 
R1ETABXSIS ( peraQacit), is, {. a metaba¬ 
sis, transition; a figure by which the orator 
passes from one thing to another, (fuint.il. 
RIETACISMOS (peraKitrpbt), i, m. a met- 
3 acism, the frequent collision of the letter 
M ; as, Mainmam ipsam amo, quasi meam 
animam. Martian. Capell .— According 
to Diomed., when the letter RI terminates 
a word, and the next begins with a vowel; 
as, Quousqne tandem abutere. 
METXLEPSIS (perdXritpis), is, f. meta- 
2 lepsis, a figure of rhetoric by which the 
consequent is put .for that which precedes, 
especially token this exchange of idea is 
twofold, as when arista is put fur harvest, 
and that for a year. Quint.il. 
METaLIS (meta), e, adj. conical. 3 Fest. 
MeTaLITER (metalis), adv. in the form 
3 of a cone, conically. Martian. Capell. 
RIETaLLaRIOS (metallum), a, um, adj. 
3 working in mines. Cod. Just. 
METaLLICOS (Id.), a, um, adj. relating 
to metal, metallic, mineral. Plin. natura. 
- U Also, occupied with metal or in 
mines, working in mines. — Hence, Rle- 
tallicus, subst., a miner, mine-digger, 
digerer of metals; a laborer in mines. 
Plin. — Also, one that is condemned to the 
mines. Pandect. 
METaLLIFER (metallum & fero), a, urn, 
3 adj. yielding or producing metal, metallif¬ 
erous. Sil. terra. 
RIETaLLUM (peraXXnv), i, n. metal. 
Pirg. and Ovid. — Ilorat.. Libei’tas po¬ 
tior metallis, than gold and silver .— 
Also, of other things which are dug 
and fetched out of the earth, as marble, 
Stat.; precious stones, Pacnt.; sulphur, 
Apul.; salt, Prudent. — Hence, figur. 
Icind, nature, quality, disposition. Clau- 
dian. Secula metiore metallo.-IT Al¬ 
so, a mine. Plin. aurarinm, argentari- 
u m, ferrarium. Id. cretre, a chalk-pit. 
Id. Anri metallum. Lucan, auriferum. 
Id. silicum, a stone-quarry-. Liv. Me- 
talla institnit. Sueton. Jus metalloruni, 
the right of mining on one’s own lands. 
Plin.Ep. Damnarein metallum, or, Suet. 
Condemnare ad metalla, to condemn to 
labor in the mines or stone-quarries. 
METXMELOS (pcrdpeXos), i, m. a repent- 
3 ing of what one has done. Parr. 
METXR'IoRPHOSIS (perap6p(l>o)cr is), is, 
f. a transformation, change of shape, 
metamorphosis. — Hence, Metamorpho¬ 
ses, one of Ovid’s poems. 
METXNOEA (pcravoia), ®, f. penitence. 
3 Auson. 
METXPH5RX (perafinpd), ©, f. the trans- 
2 r JM 
ferring of a word from its proper signifi¬ 
cation for the sake of beauty or force; a 
metaphor ; as, oculus, h. e. the most beau¬ 
tiful ; the most dear. Quintil. 
METXPLaSMOS (pera-aXaepoi), i, m. a 
2 metaplasm ; a figure in rhetoric, wherein 
words or letters are transposed, contrary 
to their natural order. Quintil. 
RIETXPoNTUM, i, n. a town, of Lucania 
in Italy. — Hence, Metapontlnus, a, um, 
pertaining to Metapontum. Liv. — Me- 
tapontini, orum, the inhabitants of Meta¬ 
pontum. Liv. 
RIETaRIOS (meta), a, am. adj. relating 
2 to bounds, limits, borders. Arnob. cir- 
cumscriptio, a confining by limits, boun¬ 
daries, &c. 
METATHESIS (peruSscns), is, f. trans- 
3 position of letters, metattiesis. Diomed. 
MeTaTIS (metor), onis, f. a measuring 
or meting out,, disposing, laying out, or¬ 
dering, arranging. Colum. vinearum 
MeTaTSR (Id.), oris, m. a surveyor,meas¬ 
urer, disposer. Cic. castrorum, a quar¬ 
ter-master who meted out the ground for 
pitching a camp. Plin. oliveti. Cic. urbi3 
MET aTo RIOS (metator), a, um, adj. re- 
3 lating to the measuring or setting out of a 
place, as of a camp. — Also, figur. Si¬ 
don. pagina, a letter to provide for lod¬ 
gings. 
iIeTaTuRA, re, f. same as Metatio. Lac- 
1 tant. 
dETAUROS (M cravpoQ, i, m. now Mer- 
ro, a river of Umbria in Italy. Liv — 
Also, adj. Ilorat. Metaurum flumen. 
-IT Also, a river in the country of thi 
Bruttii. Plin. 
VIETaXX (pera^a), or MaTaXA, re, f. 
raw silk. Pandect. — Also, a thread, 
string, rape. Pitruv. 
VIETaXaRIOS (metaxa), i, m. a dealer in 
3 silks, silk-mercer. Cod. Just. 
VIETELLOS, a, um, the name of a Roman 
family of the gens Csecilia. — Adj. per¬ 
taining to this family or one of this fami¬ 
ly. — °Suhst. A male person belonging 
to this family is called Metellus, a fe¬ 
male, Metella. — Metellus Macedonian 
reduced Macedonia to a Roman prov¬ 
ince. — Hence, Metelllnus, a, um, rela¬ 
ting to this family or to a member of it. 
Cic. oratio, a.rrainst Metellus. 
METEMPSyCHoSIS (pcrepipvxcxris), IJ, 
3 f. the transmigration of souls from body 
to body ; metempsychosis. Tertull. 
METENSoMAToSIS (ptrcvowpaTwei;), 
3 is, f. the transformation of one body into 
another. Tertull. 
METH6UICE (peMucy), es, f. “. pars 
2 grammatical, h. e. which treats oj c 
rules. Quintil. 
METHoDICOS (peSoSisos), a, urn, adj. 
2 methodic. Cels, in pnefat. media, n. e. 
who differ from others, and have a peculiar 
mode of’curing diseases, &c. 
METH5DIUM (pe§6Siov), i>, «• 0 Jf’ 
3 joke; a cunning contrivance.. ( 
Ed. Anton, reads methodo, in the sam 
MSpHODdftnd METHODS (pM 
3 i, f. a method, h. e. the manner orpe culm 
manner of doing any thing , co Q __ 
ly, also, of treating diseases. Ansoi. 
Also, a cunning contrivance. . 
MeTIIyMNA, fe, f- a town ?f the . “ __ 
t&tOASaSt 
tSiSzr'gZ—im*** 
pertaining 
to Me- 
iidis, f. Methymnian 
Plant. . I rarely metituS) 
1ETI0R, ms, census (rareiy ' . 
sum, dep. 4. to mete, meagre, /(/ 
ure of, survey, perpcio. e . not to 
fruinentum. Ilorat. niim > 0 „ 
count , but to measure ■ pedes 
account of the great amom t- C 
syllabis. Omd. speaking ; or 
a the S i^'-5SU' 
the year, h. e. I aim atm . - 
Also, passively. Own 1 wa iUng, * c ; 
Hence, to measure by pne , 
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