Metapontum

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Μεταπόντιον, τό.

People of Metapontum: Μεταποντῖνοι, οἱ, or Μεταπόντιοι, οἱ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mĕtăpontum: i, n.,
I a town of Lucania, where Pythagoras lived and died, now Torre a Mare, Cic. Fin. 5, 2, 4; Liv. 1, 18, 8; Mela, 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97.—Hence, Mĕtăpontīnus, a, um, adj., Metapontine: ager, Liv. 24, 20.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>: Mĕtă-pontīni, ōrum, m., the Metapontines, Liv. 22, 61.