ē-mētĭor, mensus, 4, v. dep. a., to measure out (not freq. till after the Aug. per.).
I Lit.: spatium oculis, Verg. A. 10, 772: longitudines et altitudines vocis, Gell. 16, 18, 4.—
II Transf.
A To pass through , pass over , traverse a certain space: cum freta, cum terras omnis, tot inhospita saxa Sideraque emensae ferimur, Verg. A. 5, 628; 11, 244; Tib. 3, 4, 17; Liv. 27, 43; 31, 24; 38, 17 fin. ; Plin. 7, 20, 20, § 84; Tac. A. 11, 32; 15, 16 al.; cf. poet.: pelagi terraeque laborem, Sil. 4, 53; and in Tacitus, of time: Galba quinque principes prosperā fortunā emensus, i. e. having survived , Tac. H. 1, 49.—
B To impart , beslow : non aliquid patriae tanto emetiris acervo? * Hor. S. 2, 2, 105: ego voluntatem tibi profecto emetior, sed rem ipsam nondum posse videor, * Cic. Brut. 4, 16.☞ ēmensus , a, um, Part. in pass. signif. (acc. to II. A. and B.).
1 Passed through , traversed : multo major pars itineris, Liv. 21, 30, 5; so id. 43, 21 fin. ; Verg. G. 1, 450; Val. Fl. 5, 182; 4, 351.—
2 Imparted , distributed , Sen. Q. N. 4, 4.