mēta

mēt--a lat. ‘kegelförmige oder pyramidenförmige Figur, Heuschober’

vgl. meta-

Aus uital. *mētā, aus uig. *meh₁- „messen“, woher mētior, mit dem das abgeleitete mētor verglichen wird.

Verwandt mit agr. μῆτις mêtis, μέτρον métron, μέτριος métrios, Altkirchenslawisch мѣра (měra); vergleiche auch Ungarisch mér, Russisch ме́ра (méra), Serbokroatisch mera und mjera, Englisch meal.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.ta/, [ˈmeːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ta/, [ˈmɛːt̪ä]
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmeː.taː/, [ˈmeːt̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.ta/, [ˈmɛːt̪ä]

Noun

mēta f (genitive mētae); first declension

1. cone, pyramid
2. turning point, winning post (pillar at each end of the Circus route)
3. boundary limit
4. (figuratively) goal, end, limit, turning point

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mēta	mētae
Genitive	mētae	mētārum
Dative	mētae	mētīs
Accusative	mētam	mētās
Ablative	mētā	mētīs
Vocative	mēta	mētae