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; Mel. 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 11, 15, § 97.
II —Hence, Mĕtăpontīnus , a, um, adj., Metapontine : ager, Liv. 24, 20.—In plur.: Mĕtă-pontīni , ōrum, m., the Metapontines , Liv. 22, 61.