Metropolis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Mētrŏpŏlis, is, f., = Μητρόπολις,

the proper name of several cities , e. g. in Thessaly, between Pharsalus and Gomphi , Caes. B. C. 3, 80; Liv. 32, 13, 11.— Mētrŏ-pŏlītae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Metropolis , Caes. B. C. 3, 81; cf. of others, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 106; 5, 29, 31, § 120.

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