Metellinum

Latin

Etymology

Named after the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, who founded it as a military base for his operations in western Iberia, during the Sertorian War.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /me.telˈliː.num/, [mɛt̪ɛlˈlʲiːnʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.telˈli.num/, [met̪elˈliːnum]

Proper noun

Metellīnum n sg (genitive Metellīnī); second declension

  1. A town of Lusitania on the Anas, now Medellín

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Metellīnum
Genitive Metellīnī
Dative Metellīnō
Accusative Metellīnum
Ablative Metellīnō
Vocative Metellīnum
Locative Metellīnī

References
  • Metellinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Metellinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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