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in the PONS Dictionary

mēta <ae> f

1. vorkl.; poet

meta
Ziel, Grenze, Ende [ viarum; aevi; ultima ]
ad metam properare
sol ex aequo metā distabat utrāque
es war Mittag
nox mediam caeli metam contigerat
es war Mitternacht

2.

meta
Kegel, Pyramide
meta lactis [o. lactans]
Käse
umbra terrae est meta noctis

3.

meta
Spitzsäule (am oberen u. unteren Ende des röm. Zirkus, um die die Wettfahrer siebenmal herumfahren mussten)
metam rotis evitare
interiorem metam curru tenere übtr
in der Rede nicht abschweifen

4. Verg.

meta
vorspringender Ort, wo man herumlenkt
metas lustrare Pachyni
das Vorgebirge P. umfahren

5.

meta
Wendepunkt [ solis ]

6. Sen.

meta
Mēta sūdāns ein der meta im Zirkus ähnlicher Springbrunnen vor dem Kolosseum in Rom
Declension for mēta
Case Singular Plural
Nominative mēta mētae
Genitive mētae mētārum
Dative mētae mētīs
Accusative mētam mētās
Ablative mētā mētīs