Metaurus

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈtau̯.rus/, [mɛˈtau̯.rʊs]
View of the river

Proper noun

Metaurus m (genitive Metaurī); second declension

  1. One of the most important rivers of Umbria flowing into the Adriatic Sea near Fano, now still called Metauro
  2. A river in the Bruttian territory, now Marro

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Metaurus
Genitive Metaurī
Dative Metaurō
Accusative Metaurum
Ablative Metaurō
Vocative Metaure

Derived terms
  • Metaurēnsis

References
  • Metaurus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Metaurus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Metaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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