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 Latin) IPA^(key): /me.telˈliː.num/, [mɛt̪ɛlˈlʲiːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate 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