metō messuī, messus, ere MET-, to reap, mow, crop, gather, collect, harvest: in metendo occupatos, Cs.: pabula falce, cut down, O.: Falcibus messae herbae, V.

—Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita metes, as you sow, so shall you reap.

—Of the vintage, to gather: Postremus metito, V.: purpureos flores, i. e. gather the pollen (of bees), V.

—To cut off, pluck, crop: virgā lilia summa, O.: farra metebat aper, laid waste, O.: barbam, Iu.

—To mow down, cut down, destroy: Proxuma quaeque gladio, V.: metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis, H.: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges, C. poet.