Metaurus

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

View of the river

Proper noun

Metaurus m sg (genitive Metaurī); second declension

  1. One of the most important rivers of Umbria flowing into the Adriatic Sea near Fano, now still called Metauro
  2. A river in the Bruttian territory, now Marro

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Metaurus
genitive Metaurī
dative Metaurō
accusative Metaurum
ablative Metaurō
vocative Metaure

Derived terms

References

  • “Metaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Metaurus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Metaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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