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.