metricus
From LSJ
τοῖς πράγμασιν γὰρ οὐχὶ θυμοῦσθαι χρεών· μέλει γὰρ αὐτοῖς οὐδέν· ἀλλ' οὑντυγχάνων τὰ πράγματ' ὀρθῶς ἂν τιθῇ, πράξει καλῶς → It does no good to rage at circumstance; events will take their course with no regard for us. But he who makes the best of those events he lights upon will not fare ill.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mē̆trĭcus: a, um, adj., = μετρικός,
I of or relating to measuring or measure (postAug.).
I In gen.: leges metricae, Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 219.—
II In partic., of or relating to metre, metrical: metrici pedes, Quint. 9, 4, 52; 48.—
B Subst.: mē̆trĭcus, i, m., a prosodian (post-class.), Gell. 18, 15, 1.
