FromAncient Greekμέταλλον(métallon).
metallum n (genitivemetallī);second declension
- metal (atomic element ormaterial made of such atoms)
- precious metals, especiallygold orsilver.
- mine (place where metals are found)
Second-declension noun (neuter).
- “metallum”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “metallum”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "metallum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “metallum”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book[1], 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”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “metallum”, inWilliam Smith, editor (1854, 1857),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “metallum”, inWilliam Smith et al., editor (1890),A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin