πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
Mettus: (Mettĭus), i, m.,
I a Sabine prænomen, prob. the title of a magistracy among the Albans (cf. medix, meddix), e. g. Mettus Curtius, Liv. 1, 12; 1, 23 sqq.; v. Metius.