LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun

mĕtŏpa

Meaning

  1. the space between two hollows

mĕtŏpa, ae, f., = μετόπη,
I. the space between two hollows; in architecture, the space between two dentils or two triglyphs, a metope (only in Vitr.): inter denticulos et inter triglyphos quae sunt intervalla, metopae nominantur, etc., Vitr. 4, 2, 4.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesMetopaMetopa (μετόπη) is the name given to the interval between the triglyphi in the frieze of the Doric order [TRIGLYPHI], and also, according to Vitruvius…

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What does mĕtŏpa mean in Latin?
mĕtŏpa, a noun, means “the space between two hollows”.