dimetior

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ mētior.

Pronunciation

Verb

dīmētior (present infinitive dīmētīrī, perfect active dīmēnsus sum); fourth conjugation, deponent

  1. to measure (out or off)
    • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior de Senectute 14.49:
      Vidēbāmus in studiō dīmētiendī paene caelī atque terrae C. Galum [] .
      We used to see Gaius [Sulpicius] Galus in his eager pursuit of measuring nearly all of heaven and earth [] .
      (Here the genitive singular neuter gerund dīmētiendī functions as a verbal noun modifying studiō.)

Conjugation

References

  • dimetior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dimetior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dimetior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.