Lewis Short
Metĭus | Mettĭus | Mettus (noun M) : or (also )
* An Italian proper name.
* Metius (Mettius) Curtius, a Sabine chief, Liv. 1, 12 fin.; Varr. L. L. 5, § 149 Müll.
* Metius Fufetius (acc. to others, Mettus Fufetius), an Alban general, who was put to death by the command of Tullus Hostilius, Liv. 1, 23 sq.; Verg. A. 8, 642; Flor. 1, 3, 8.—In gen. sing.: Mettoi Fubettoi, Enn. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 12 (Ann. v. 129 Vahl.; Halm, Mettoeo Fufettioeo).
* M. Metius, a friend of Ariovistus, Caes. B. G. 1, 47; 1, 53 fin.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary