Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1105.mēta on page 1105
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mēta goal
mēta is a Latin Noun that primarily means goal.
Definitions for mēta
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
turning point, goal, limit, boundary
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
(geom.) A cone. (b) a cone-shaped structure, heap, or sim. (c) ~a sudans, a name given to certain conical fountains (in quot., app. to one at Baiae). (d) (surv., prob.) a movable cone used as a marker.
- 2
A cone-shaped turning-post at either end of a race-track. (b) (considered as the goal).
- 3
A turning-point or goal in the course of a heavenly body or sim.
Sentences with mēta
Latin to English
Declension table for mēta
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | mēta | mētae |
| Gen. | mētae | mētārum |
| Dat. | mētae | mētīs |
| Acc. | mētam | mētās |
| Abl. | mētā | mētīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 286.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1105.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "mēta, mētae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/meta-metae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 286.mēta, mētae on page 286
