Metalleuticē[1] (-ēs, f.), e Graeco Μεταλλευτική, est processus extrahendorum industrialis significationis mineralium ex hypogaea. Locus ubi extractio producitur generatim nuncupatur fodina sive metalli vena sive metallum sive metalla; sed, si extrahitur aes, nuncupatur aeraria sive aeris fodīna sive metallum vel metalla aeris sive metallum aerarium sive aeneum sive aheneum sive metalla aeraria sive aenea sive ahénea; si carbo, appellatur carbonaria sive carbonifodīna sive carbonis vel carbonaria fodīna sive metallum carbonárium vel metalla carbonaria sive metallum vel metalla carbonis; si ferrum, nominatur ferraria sive ferrifodīna sive metallum vel metalla ferri sive metallum ferrarium sive metalla ferraria; si metallum, dicitur metallifodīna; si aurum, auraria sive aurifodīna vel auri fodīna sive metallum vel metalla auri sive metallum aurarium sive metalla auraria; si argentum, vocatur argentaria sive argentifodīna sive metallum vel metalla argenti sive metallum argentarium sive metalla argentaria; et si sal, nuncupatur salis fodīna[2].