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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.,
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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 11.23.3
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.1.5
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 47.101
    • Horace, Satires, 2.3.239
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.1
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.35
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 43
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