per-mētĭor, mensus, 4, v. dep. a., to measure through, measure out, measure (class.).
I Lit.: solis magnitudinem, quasi decempedā, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 41, 126.—
II Transf., to travel through , traverse : (lupus femina) campos celeri passu permensa, Enn. ap. Non. 378, 18 (Ann. v. 74 Vahl.); so id. ap. Fest. p. 301 Müll. (Ann. v. 443 ib.): ad vos permensu'st viam, came over , Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 49: Siciliae oras errabundus permetiens, Consol. ad Polyb. 36: classibus aequor, Verg. A. 3, 157: aëra, Lucr. 6, 1142: iter, Stat. S. 1, 2, 202: secula, to live through , Mart. 9, 30, 1.—Hence, part. perf. : per-mensus , a, um, in pass. signif., measured out : permensum et perlibratum opus, Col. 3, 13 fin. : permenso tempore lucis, Tib. 3, 3, 9; Ap. Met. 8, 15, 16; gradatim permensis honoribus, id. ib. 10, 18, 6.