Μετέλλου (Metellou)

Μετέλλου is an Ancient Greek form of Μέτελλος, meaning “Metellus — a leading Roman family (Caecilii Metelli)”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun.

Found 64 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Caius Marius 4.1: τὸν δ’ οὖν Μάριον ὑπὸ ταύτης λέγεται μάλιστα τῆς φωνῆς, ὥσπερ ὑπὸ θείας κληδόνος, ἐπαρθέντα ταῖς ἐλπίσιν ὁρμῆσαι πρὸς τὴν πολιτείαν, καὶ τυχεῖν δημαρχίας Κεκιλίου Μετέλλου σπουδάσαντος, οὗ τὸν οἶκον ἐξ ἀρχῆς καὶ πατρόθεν ἐθεράπευεν.

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.