metator
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mētātor: ōris, m. id.,
I one who metes out or marks off a place, a divider and fixer of boundaries (class.).
I Lit.: castrorum antea metator, nunc, ut sperat, urbis, Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 12; cf. id. ib. 14, 4, 10: templi, Lact. 4, 11.—
II Trop., a measurer: tempus arbiter et metator initii et finis, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
mētātŏr,¹⁵ ōris, m. (metor), celui qui délimite, qui mesure : Cic. Phil. 11, 12 ; 14, 10.
Latin > German (Georges)
mētātor, ōris, m. (metor), der Abmesser, Abstecker (der Grenzen) eines Ortes, castrorum, Cic. (auch bl. metator, Veget. mil. 2, 7. p. 41, 12 L.2): urbis, Cic.: oliveti, Plin. – übtr., tempus arbiter et metator initii et finis, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 8.
