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
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..."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..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tenet, Celaenis Marsyan cum Apolline tibiarum cantu certasse. Maeander ex arce summa Celaenarum ortus, media urbe decurrens..."