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Metallinensis, e, or Metellinen-sis, e, adj. [Metallinum], of or belonging to the town of Metallinum (in Lusitania), Metallinian: colonia, Plin. 4, 21, 35, § 117.
mĕtella, ae, f. (prob. adj., sc. machina), a basket filled with stones, which the besieged threw down on the heads of the besiegers (post-class.): ut de ligno crates facerent, quas metellas vocaverunt, lapidibusque complerent, etc. (al. metilas, medullas, metulas), Veg. Mil. 4, 6.
Mĕtellīnus, a, um, adj. [Metellus], of or belonging to a Metellus, Metelline: oratlo Metellina, i. e. against Metellus, Cic. Att. 1, 13 fin.
Mĕtellus, a [etym. dub.; metellus = μισθιος, 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.], the name of a Roman family in the gens Caecilia; its most famous members were: