Mettius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmet.ti.us/, [ˈmɛt̪ːiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmet.ti.us/, [ˈmɛt̪ːius]
Proper noun edit
Mettius m sg (genitive Mettiī or Mettī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Mettius |
Genitive | Mettiī Mettī1 |
Dative | Mettiō |
Accusative | Mettium |
Ablative | Mettiō |
Vocative | Mettī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “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.