mēta

mēta ‘kegel- oder pyramidenförmige Figur, Heuschober’

From Proto-Italic *mētā, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”), whence mētior, with which compare the derived mētor.

Cognate with Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis), μέτρον (métron), μέτριος (métrios), Old Church Slavonic мѣра (měra); compare also Hungarian mér, Russian ме́ра (méra), Serbo-Croatian mera and mjera, English 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 [ quotations ▼]

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