metella

See also: Metella

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French métel, from Arabic جَوْز مَاثِل (jawz māṯil).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /meˈtɛl.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlla
  • Hyphenation: me‧tèl‧la

Noun

metella f (plural metelle)

  1. angel's trumpet (Datura innoxia)
    Synonym: noce metella

Further reading
  • metella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

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Noun

metella f (genitive metellae); first declension

  1. A basket filled with stones, which the besieged threw down on the heads of the besiegers

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative metella metellae
Genitive metellae metellārum
Dative metellae metellīs
Accusative metellam metellās
Ablative metellā metellīs
Vocative metella metellae

References
  • “metella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • metella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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