mētrĭcus, a, um, adj., = metriko/s, of or relating to measuring or measure (postAug.). I. In gen.: leges metricae, Plin. 11, 37, 88, 219.—II. In partic., of or relating to metre, metrical: metrici pedes, Quint. 9, 4, 52; 48.—B.Subst.: mētrĭcus, i, m., a prosodian (post-class.), Gell. 18, 15, 1.