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Metellus

the name of a Roman family in the

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 19s 3 · 149.25/10k
Cum Populo Gratias Egit 7 · 26.51/10k
Jugurtha 55 · 25.91/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 8 · 18.48/10k
Pro Archia Poeta 5 · 16.04/10k
Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 8 · 11.77/10k
In C. Verrem 88 · 8.76/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 3 · 8.46/10k
Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troico interfuerunt 1 · 8.33/10k
Pro M. Scauro 2 · 6.73/10k
De Domo Sua Ad Pontifices 10 · 6.6/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 17 · 6.45/10k

Densest 12 of 94 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Mĕtellus — Lewis & Short

Mĕtellus, aetym. dub.; metellus = misqios, hired, i. e. a hired servant, Gloss. Philox.: metelli dicuntur in re militari quasi mercenarii, Attius in Annalibus: calones famulique metellique caculaeque; a quo genere hominum Caeciliae familiae cognomen putatur ductum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 146 and 147 Müll.,

I the name of a Roman family in the gens Caecilia; its most famous members were:

1 Q. Metellus Macedonicus, who made Macedonia a Roman province, and was renowned for his good-fortune, Vell. 1, 11, 1; Cic. Tusc. 1, 35, 85; id. ib. 1, 36, 86, etc.—

2 Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, who defeated Jugurtha in Numidia, Sall. J. 43 sqq.; Cic. Brut. 35, 135.—

3 L. Caecilius Metellus, who saved the palladium from the burning temple of Vesta, B. C. 241, Liv. Epit. 19; Flor. 2, 2, 27; Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1; Juv. 6, 265; cf. id. 3, 137 sq.—

4 C. Caecilius Metellus Celer, Cicero's contemporary, and husband of Coelia, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 5, etc. —

5 Qu. Caecilius Metellus Pius (Scipio), son of Scipio Nasica, and Pompey's fatherin-law, Vell. 2, 15, 5.—

6 Caecilia Metella, wife of P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, divorced A. U. C. 709, Hor. S. 2, 3, 239; Cic. Att. 11, 23, 3; 13, 7, 1.—

7 Caecilia Metella, wife of M. Aemilius Scaurus, Cic. Sest. 47, 101.

In the wild

Metellus Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.37.51.2
Metelli Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 7.11.a
Metellus Cicero, Cum Populo Gratias Egit 6
Metello Cicero, De Republica 1.31
Metellum Seneca the Elder, Excerpta Controversiae 4.2
Metellus Sallust, Jugurtha 46

6 of 564 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. metellus (scan p. 425; entry #6813).

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