Metellinum

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Metellīnum n sg (genitive Metellīnī); second declension

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

Declension

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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

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  • 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