praemetor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prae-mētor, ātus, 1,

v. dep. a. , to measure or measure out beforehand (post-class.), Sol. 40 (dub.; al. metatum).—Hence, in pass. signif.: praemētātus , a, um, measured or meted out beforehand : praemetata divūm itinera, predestined , Mart. Cap. 8, § 811.