Mettius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmet.ti.us/, [ˈmɛt̪ːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmet.ti.us/, [ˈmɛt̪ːius]

Proper noun

Mettius m sg (genitive Mettiī or Mettī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Mettius, a legate of Caesar

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mettius
genitive	Mettiī Mettī1
dative	Mettiō
accusative	Mettium
ablative	Mettiō
vocative	Mettī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Mettia

References

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