Metellus

See also: metellus

Latin

Etymology

From metellus (“hired servant”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈtel.lus/, [mɛˈt̪ɛlːʲʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈtel.lus/, [meˈt̪ɛlːus]

Proper noun

Metellus m sg (genitive Metellī); second declension

1. 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.