Metaurus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈtau̯.rus/, [mɛˈt̪äu̯rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈtau̯.rus/, [meˈt̪äːu̯rus]

View of the river

Proper noun

Metaurus m sg (genitive Metaurī); second declension

1. One of the most important rivers of Umbria flowing into the Adriatic Sea near Fano, now still called Metauro
2. A river in the Bruttian territory, now Marro

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Metaurus
Genitive	Metaurī
Dative	Metaurō
Accusative	Metaurum
Ablative	Metaurō
Vocative	Metaure

Derived terms

• Metaurēnsis

References

• “Metaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Metaurus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Metaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.