metior, metiris, metiri I, mensus sum (Dep.) - Latin is Simple Online Dictionary

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I-Conjugation (4)

This is a deponent verb. It gave up ("deponere") its active forms (even though they still exist). Such verbs occur in passive voice but are translated in active voice.

For example: "loquor" (Form analysis: 1. Person Sg. Present Passive, "to say") translates to: "I say", NOT "I am said" because it is a deponent verb.

Active
Passive

Person	Singular	Plural
1.
2.
3.

Infinitives

	Active	Passive
Simult. (Present)	metire	metiri
Anter. (Perfect)	-	mensum esse
Post. (Future)	mensurum esse	mensum iri

Participles

Sg.	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl.	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg.	Gerund
Nom.	metire
Gen.	metiendi
Dat.	metiendo
Acc.	metiendum
Voc.	metire
Abl.	metiendo

Gerundive

Singular
Plural

	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

	Singular	Plural
Imperative	meti!	metite!

	Supinum
Type I	mensum
Type II	mensū

Example Sentences

rata parte voluerunt significare, ut quanto magis a polo discederetur, hoc minorem numerum partium sumerent in circulis metiendis, quo necesse his erat maiorem circulum definire.

~ Hyginus, De Astronomia I

nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora; di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab

~ Ovid, Metamorphoses I

et optimum et simplicissimum fecit, in flexus modulationis inertissimae torquent, quorum digiti aliquod intra se carmen metientes semper sonant, quorum, cum ad res serias, etiam saepe tristes adhibiti sunt, exauditur tacita modulatio?

~ Seneca, On the Brevity of Life