The corpus record — Latin

Metaurus

Metaurus · m

the name of several rivers

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Where it lives

Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 2.4/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Punica 4 · 0.52/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

Mĕtaurus — Lewis & Short

Mĕtaurus, i, m., = *me/tauros,

I the name of several rivers.

I A river in Umbria, celebrated for the defeat of Hasdrubal, the brother of Hannibal, now Meturo, Liv. 27, 43 sq.; Sil. 8, 486.—Hence, Mĕtau-rus, a, um, adj., of Metaurus: Metaurum flumen, Hor. C. 4, 4, 38.—

II A river in the Bruttian territory, now Marro, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 73.

Where it came from

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