Latin

Noun

metallum n ‎(genitive metallī); second declension

1. metal (atomic element or material made of such atoms)
2. precious metals, especially gold or silver.
3. mine (place where metals are found)

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• metallārius
• metallicus
• metallifer

Descendants

References

• metallum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• metallum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• METALLUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “metallum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to have a large income from a thing (e.g. from mines): magnas pecunias ex aliqua re (e.g. ex metallis) facere
    
  • the public income from the mines: pecunia publica, quae ex metallis redit
    
• metallum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• metallum in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• metallum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin