Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Metatores

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

METATO'RES. In the army, officers who selected the site for a camp, and marked out its general position and dimension. Cic. Phil. xi. 5. Lucan. i. 382.