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MAEaNDRQS (UaiavSpog), or MiEaN- 
DROS, or MEANDER, dri, m. a river 
of Pkniria. It is celebrated for its 
windings’. Odd. Miearulros, tones qui 
terris errat in isdem: Q.ui lassas in se 
same retorqnet aquas. Hence, Colam. 
More Mmandri, crookedly, with turnings 
and windings. -If Hence, Msandri, 
meanders, 'mazes, ficxuous turnings or 
windings , tortuous passages, labyrinl.is, 
crooked, winding roads, roundabout ways . 
hence, indirect modes of speaking. Lie. 
duos turn Mieandros, dum omnes solitu- 
dines persequeris, qu® diverticula, flexi- 
onesque qu®sisti ? Oell. Ne tu quoque 
in illis dialectical gyris, atque m®an 
dris, tanquam apud Siremos scropulos, 
consenescas. Amman. Hi looorura 
gnaritate confisi, quod ille, ut peregri- 
nus et insuetus, meandros faciebat, 
et gyros, &c.- If Also, winding or 
liirzacr work wrought with the pencil or 
needle ; a lace, or welt set round in crooks 
and turns about the border -of a garment 
MAECENAS, atis, m. C. Cilnius M®ce 
nas, a Roman knight descended, from the 
kinns of Etruria. He was a friend of 
the*emperor Augustus, and a patron of 
learned men and of letters. Hence, all 
patrons of literature have ever since 
been called Mwccnates. 
M/ECeNaTTaNOS (Miecenas), a, um, 
adi. belonging to Miecenas, deriving the 
name from him. Sueton. Mrecenatiana 
turris. Id. Mrecenatiam horti. Plm. 
Mrecenatiana vina. 
MAECIX tribus, one of the Roman country 
tribes, thus called from a town or region 
near Lanuvium. Fest. and Liv. 
MAELES. See Melcs. 
MiELIANOS (Mrelius), a, um, adj. per- 
‘ tainimr to Maslius, the proper name of a 
Roman citizen. Liv. Seditio mota ex 
Mteliana crede. 
MAELIUM (unc.), ii, n. a dogs collar, arm¬ 
ed with sharp points. Vdrr. 
MjENX (palmy), ®, f. a kind of sea-fish, 
small and cheap, of which they used, to make 
a brine or a pickle. Plaut. and Cw. 
Used also in sacrifices to the infernal 
gods. Ovid. . 
MA2NXDES (piuva s),um, f. the priestesses 
of Bacchus; bacchants, bacchanals. Ca- 
tull Ubi capita Mrenades vi jaciunt 
hed'erigerre.-If Mrenades Priapi, h.e. 
priestesses or worshipers of Priapus, and 
ftimr. unchaste, lascivious. Juvenal, vi- 
noque feruntur attonitre, cnnemque ro- 
tant, ululantque Priapt Mrenades. — 
IT The singular Mamas, adis, is loiind in 
Senec. Verba nunc cluso male custodit 
ore Mrenas impatiens dei (where mamas 
signifies a prophetess). -V Deglupta 
Mamas in Plaut. is a reproach of an el- 
feminate person. Others read mama, 
a person resembling the fish of that name, 
a filthy, mean, contemptible person, a shot- 
ten herring. 
MiENALA, orum. See Mamalus. 
MAENXLIDeS, re, m. the god Pan. Auson. 
:3 (So called from Mrenalus.) 
MAENXLIS, idis, adj. fern. on or of mount 
3 Mamalus. belonging to it. Ovid. 
MAEN ALIOS (Mrenalus), a, um, adj. rc- 
3 latino- to mount Mwnalus, belonging to 
it, Mamalian, Arcadian. Ovid, deus, 
h. e. Pan. Id. Arctos, h. e. Callisto. 
Virir versus, li. e. bucolic , pastoral. 
Colmn. pater, h. c. Bacchus Propert 
ramus, h. e. the club of Hercules. Stat. 
ales, h. c. Mercury. 
MAENXL6S (MarvaAo?), or MACNXLib, 
i m. and plur. MAENXLX, orum, n. now 
Menalo, a mountain of Arcadia, sacred 
to the rod Pan, and greatly frequented 
bu shepherds. It received its name from 
Mamalus, a son of Lycaon. On this 
mountain there was a town of the same 
M/GNAS, Sdis, f. See Mamadcs. 
MAENIX columna, a column or pillar in 
* Rome where thieves anil bad slaves were 
tried and (probably) punished; it received 
its name from a Roman by the name of 
Mamins. Cic. ... , , 
MAENIaNUM (Mtemus), l, n. what pro¬ 
tects from a building or wall (paries), a 
gallery, balcony. Cic. Mrenianorum um- 
bram secpii. 
MiENtiMENtiN mel (paivopEvov U, 
n. a kind of honey making those go mad 
that eat it. Plin. 
MAEoN (Matin/), onis, m. the name of a 
Theban priest of Apollo. Stat. - 
IT Also, a Mceonian, or Lydian. Claudian. 
M/E6NIA (Mmwia), re, f. Lydia, a coun¬ 
try of Asia Minor. Plm. —— ‘I Also, 
Etruria, because the Etrurians were 
said to be descended from the Lydians. 
Virg. ,. 
MAESNIDeS, re, m. a Mceonian or Lydian. 
3 — Also, an Etrurian. Virg. -n Ho¬ 
mer is called thus, because he was said 
to have been born in Mreonia. Ovid. 
MAEONIS (Matoi'is), idis, f. a woman, that 
3 is from Mmonia. Ovid. Mieonis elusam 
designat imagine tauri Europen, h. e. 
Arachne. Id. Mreouis aurato cdnspici 
enda sinu, h. e. Omphale.-If Mieoni- 
des, a name given to the Muses, probably 
because Homer, their greatest favorite, was 
supposed to be a native of Mieo-.da. Ovid. 
TOthers read differently.) 
MjEONIOS, a, um,adj. Maun'to;, belong¬ 
ing to Mmonia or Lydia. Virg. rex. 
Id. Mreonii carcbesia Bacchi, h. e. vim 
Lydii. Ovid. Mieonite rip®, h. e. Ms¬ 
andri. Claudian. rex, Ii. e. Midas. - 
Hence, Mreonii, orum, Lydians. Plm. 
_IT Also, belonging to Etruria, I us- 
can. Ovid, nauts, h. e. Tyrrlieni. Sil. 
lacus, Ii. c. Trasymenus. Id. terra, h. e. 
Etrur ia. -IT Also, relating to Homer. 
Ovid, carmen. - 
MAE6TAE (unc.), arum, m. a Scythian 
nation living on the shores of the 1 alus 
Mreotis. Plin. 
MAE6TIC0S, and M^ESTIOS, a, um, 
2 adj. pertaining to the Mreot®, or Palus 
Msotis. Plin. palus. - If Mreotici, 
drum, nations bordering upon that lake. 
Pompon. Mela, and Plin. 
MAEoTIDAE, orum, m. the Meotians. 
3 Vopisc. . . 
MiEoTIS (Mattuns), idis, ldos and is, 
2 adi. f. pertaining to the Mwotians or the 
Mwotian lake. Ovid. ora. Id. hiems, 
h. e. Scythica.-If Msotis palus, 
a large lake or part of the sea, at the north | 
of the Euxine, with which it communicates 
by the Cimmerian Bosphorus, now called 
the sea of Tana, or of Zabacche, or- sea of 
Asoph. Plin. -If Msotides peltife- 
r®, h. e. the Amazons. Sabin. 
MAEOTTUS. See Mccoticus. 2 
M/EREO, 
MAESTUS, &c. , 
MAESICUS. See Mwsicus. 
MAESH5S, the month of May in the lan¬ 
guage of the Osci. Fest.. 
MvEVIaNOS (Msvius), a, um, adj. be¬ 
longing to Mcevius, a Roman. Pandect. 
Mrevianus fundus. Id. Msviana liere- 
ditas. _ .. 
MAEVIOS, ii, m. the name of a Roman cit¬ 
izen. In Virg. and Herat, a poet of in¬ 
ferior note in the Augustan age. 
MAGA, ®. See Magus, a, um.. 3 
MaGaLXA (aCarthaginian word), nun, n. 
3 Carthaginian huts or cottages. Virg. 
Miratur molem {sc. arcis), magalia quon¬ 
dam. -If Also, the suburbs of Carthage. 
Virg. Ut primum alatis tetigit magalia 
plantis. 
MAGARIA, ium, n. same as Magalia. 
3 Plaut. Pwn. Prol. 86. Ed. Gron. 
MaGHALTDES (unc.), um, f. and MaG- 
3 DALI'A, bmm,n.cylindrical figures.Pun. 
Val. So Scrib. Larg. Emplastrum re- 
dactum in rotundas ampliores, quas 
magdalidas dicunt. 
MAGE, adv. same as Magis. Plaut. ana 
3 Virir, 
MAGI A (pave ta), ®, f- the science of the 
3 Maai. Apul. -If Also, sorcery. Apul. 
MXGTCe (payiKtl, sc. rexvi )), es, t. the 
% magic art, magic. Plin. 
MAGICOS (payiKos), a, um, adj. of 
o or pertaining' to magic , magic , magical. 
Virtr. artes. Tacit, superstitiones. 
Plin. vanitates. Id. herbs. Propert. 
aqu®. Colum. Magicis sopitus cantibus 
ancuis, charmed by incantations . 
If Tibull . and Lucan . Magici dii, that were 
invoked by incantations, as Pluto, Hecate, 
Proserpine, &c. -IT Magic® lingu®, 
hicroglypliical characters. Lucan. 
MAGIDA (magnus), ffi, f. a platter. Varr. 
3 Magidam,autlanculam, alteruma mag- 
nitudine, aiterum ab latitudine finxe- 
IUnt> 
See Mccreo. 
MAGIRX ( payeipos ), re, f. the art of cooh 
3 ery. Cato ap. Frontin. 
MAGIRISCIUM (Id.), ii, n. a little cook 
2 Plin. Fecit idem et cocos, magiriscia ap 
pellatos, parvulis potoriis. 
MAGIS (payis), Itl's, f- a large dish or 
2 platter. Plin. It seems to be the same 
as magida. -if Also, a kneading-ves- 
sel, of the like, a baking-trough. Mar- 
cell. Empir. and Pandect. 
MAGIS (unc.), adv. more. Cic. Magis 
evit parricida. — It is joined with the 
ablatives eo, quo, tanto , quanto, &c. 
Cic. Legem sibi ipsi dicant innocen- 
ti®, atque eo magis, si id, &c., and 
that the more, &c., and so much the more, 
Sec. JVep. Q.uo magis pr®ceptum illud 
omnium in animis esse debet, and for 
that the more. Id. Ab hoc Eumenes vul- 
neratuv, neque eo magis ex prcelio ex- 
cessit, Ii. e. et tamen non. Cic. Uuan- 
to ille piura miscebat, tanto hie magis 
in dies convalescebat. Id. Magis erit 
parricida. Id. Ilia sumite, quibus con- 
cessis, nihilo magis etficiatur quid ve- 
litis. Id. Expecto tuas literas,te ipsum 
multo magis. — Quomag-is is sometimes 
opposed to quo minus, not in a compara¬ 
tive, but in an affirmative sense. Thus 
in Pandect. Cum rescissio quo magis, 
non quo minus adliibeatur. -If it is 
followed by quam, than, Cic.; also by 
atque for quam, Terent.; or by ac, Cic. 
_IT It is also joined with the abla¬ 
tive, which may be resolved by quam. 
Liv. Magis solito, more than usual. Id. 
Magis Alliense die Alliam reformidatu- 
ros, h. e. quam Alliensem diem.- 
IF Al 30 , without the ablat. before nu¬ 
merals. Cic. Annosnatus magis quadri- 
ginta, above forty years of age. - II R 
supplies the comparat. of such adjec¬ 
tives as have no compar. m or. Cic. 
Ut quadam magis necessaria ratione sit 
vivendum. - If Also, before any 
positive adjective or adverb, for the 
comparative degree. Terent. Mags 
elegans. Id. Magis impense.-1.Al¬ 
so, redundantly with a comparative. 
Plaut. Magis dulcius. Vdler. Max. iua- 
gis locupletior. Terent. Ma?' s ir ca !i u n t ( , i u • 
__IT Sometimes it is wanting, and to 
be understood. Plaut. Tacita bona es 
mulier semper, quam loquene^or magis 
tacita. Liv. Ipsorum quam Hanmba- 
lis interesse. Tacit. Legiones pred® 
quam periculorum soci®. (Thus, pa 
ticularly in Tacitus and Lwy.) -~^ 
is frequently repeated. Cic. De Grac.a 
quotidie magis et magis co„i , 
and more. Id. Magis n.agisque CaM 
Magisque magis. Virg. Mag ^ 
-IT Tam magis, and quam nia 
gis,/or eo magis, quo magis, V g- A 
quod q , U or esq 
Magis est, quod gra uier. «• Ma J 
also. Liv. and JVep. Z. mag i s . (See 
Cic. and Hir,.- Mage,/or m. f g w ^. i3 
Mage.) - -^ ^ lie \ highest degree 
maxime (maxurne), 'kably, eminently, 
most, most of all, . florere. 
much, very. Cic. f ^ [ me _ ua 
Hence, Cic. Ut q«i s fi" e 1 ' qll0 magis 
maxime (or P otls f ^or this, Terent. 
— eo magis. Henc e, 
Quam maxime -^ " m reiplI bI-, q«»“ 
Cic. Tam sum amicus 1 ssl bly 
qui maxime, h. e. as,any ™*™^^e 
be. Liv. Grata ea res ut q ea re s 
senatui unquani fwt,t * pomus «• 
maxime senatui f a - „ ia xime,f- 
lebratur i gf 
.gf It supplies 
lebraretur, 
(See Quum.) 
.'^1 _ rvC ail I 
citnprl. in mus. n f i 
superl. in mus. Cic. I™ ^ 8 „per- 
nr* “iSjtE. 
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