Metellus

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Latin

Etymology

From metellus (“hired servant”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈtel.lus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈtel.lus/,

Proper noun

Metellus m sg (genitive Metellī); second declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Quintus Caecilius Metellus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Metellus
genitive	Metellī
dative	Metellō
accusative	Metellum
ablative	Metellō
vocative	Metelle

Derived terms

Metellīnus

References

“Metellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Metellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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