Latin

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Etymology

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    From dis- + mētior.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    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

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    References

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    • 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.