maeander
Dictionary entries
- Entry →maeander, maeandri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
wavy line; river famous for winding path; roundabout ways/twists/turnings (pl.);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...cucurritnon qua pronus erat. Nilum non extulit aestas,Maeander derexit aquas, Rhodanumque morantem 475praecipitauit Arar. summisso uertice montesexplicuere..." - L
Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...acto per occulta cursu integrae magnitudinis redditur, siveut Maeander, poetarum omnium exercitatio et ludus, implicatur crebris anfractibuset saepe..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tenet, Celaenis Marsyan cum Apolline tibiarum cantu certasse. Maeander ex arce summa Celaenarum ortus, media urbe decurrens..."