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]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.telˈli.num/, [met̪elˈliːnum]

Proper noun

Metellīnum n sg (genitive Metellīnī); second declension

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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