Maenas, Maenadis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
Bacchante, female votary of Bacchus; inspired/frenzied woman;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Maenas | Maenades |
| Gen. | Maenadis | Maenadum, Maenadium |
| Dat. | Maenadi | Maenadibus |
| Acc. | Maenadem | Maenades |
| Voc. | Maenas | Maenades |
| Abl. | Maenade | Maenadibus |
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...virenti suberat amphorae cervix; Fuisse gerres aut inutiles maenas Odor inpudicus urcei fatebatur, Qualis marinae vix sit aura..."Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...boletos imitatur et botellos, et caudam cybii brevesque maenas. Hinc bellarius experitur artes, ut condat vario vafer sapore..."Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...fecerat, gestauit, et spolium tulit Cruenta nati Maenas in partes dati. Fecit scelus; sed misera non ultra suum..."Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Threicio uertice Pindi; nunc Cadmeas inter matres impia maenas comes Ogygio uenit Iaccho, nebride sacra praecincta latus. Tibi..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...reserare fauces, uerba nunc clauso male custodit ore maenas impatiens dei. [Ca.] Quid me furoris incitam stimulis noui..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...conspecto exilit aut iussa thyrsum quatere conceptum ferens Maenas Lyaeum dubia quo gressus agat haesit parumper..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Incerta qualis entheos gressus tulit cum iam recepto maenas insanit deo Pindi niualis uertice aut Nysae iugis, talis..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...nunc deum ministra et Cybeles famula ferar? ego Maenas, ego mei pars, ego vir sterilis ero? ego viridis..."