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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Metĭus</b>: or Mettĭus (also [[Mettus]]), i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> an Italian [[proper]] [[name]].<br /><b>I</b> [[Metius]] ([[Mettius]]) [[Curtius]], a [[Sabine]] [[chief]], Liv. 1, 12 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 149 Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Metius]] Fufetius (acc. to others, [[Mettus]] Fufetius), an Alban [[general]], [[who]] [[was]] [[put]] to [[death]] by the [[command]] of [[Tullus]] [[Hostilius]], Liv. 1, 23 sq.; Verg. A. 8, 642; Flor. 1, 3, 8.—In gen. [[sing]].: Mettoi Fubettoi, Enn. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 12 (Ann. v. 129 Vahl.; Halm, Mettoeo Fufettioeo).—<br /><b>III</b> M. [[Metius]], a [[friend]] of [[Ariovistus]], Caes. B. G. 1, 47; 1, 53 fin.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Mētĭus</b>,¹⁵ ĭī, m., nom d’homme : [[Varro]] L. 5, 149 ; Liv. 24, 19, 2 ; Virg. En. 8, 642 ; Cæs. G. 1, 53, 8.
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{{Georges
|georg=Metius, s. [[Mettius]].
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