metricus
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
metrĭcus, a, um, (μετρικός), de mesure : Plin. 11, 219 || métrique : Quint. 9, 4, 52 || subst. m., métricien : Gell. 18, 15, 1.
