Mĕtellus
masculine noun II declension

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1 Metellus, name of a Roman family in the gens Caecilia
2 Q. Metellus Macedonicus, who made Macedonia a Roman province, and was renowned for his good-fortune
3 Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus, who defeated Jugurtha in Numidia
4 L. Caecilius Metellus, who saved the palladium from the burning temple of Vesta
5 C. Caecilius Metellus Celer, Cicero's contemporary, and husband of Caelia
6 Qu. Caecilius Metellus Pius (Scipio), son of Scipio Nasica, and Pompey's father-in-law

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alienatus est a Metello || caedunt Lepidos caeduntque Metellos || antevenio exercitum Metelli || ab Metello petendi causa missionem rogat = he asks Metellus for a leave to present his candidacy || ubi Metelli dicta cum factis composuit || ubi extremum agmen Metelli primos suos praetergressum (esse) videt || Q. Metellum … apud populum Romanum criminatus est, bellum illum ducere




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