metropolis

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

mētrŏpŏlis, is, f., = μητρόπολις, a city from which other cities have been colonized, a mother-city; also, the chief city, metropolis of a province (post-class.).

I Lit., Cod. Just. 11, 21; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 11.—

II Trop.: metropolis et arx mentis, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 8.

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