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"tags": [
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},
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"A Roman cognomen — famously held by:"
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"A Roman cognomen — famously held by:",
"Quintus Caecilius Metellus, a Roman consul"
],
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},
{
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}
],
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"Latin second declension nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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],
"etymology_text": "From metellus (“hired servant”).",
"forms": [
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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},
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{
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
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"ablative",
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},
{
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"A Roman cognomen — famously held by:",
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]
},
{
"ipa": "[meˈtɛl.lus]",
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}
],
"word": "Metellus"
}
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