maeandri
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.);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tibi, dum sequitur patriae curvamina ripae, filia Maeandri totiens redeuntis eodem cognita Cyanee, praestanti corpora forma, Byblida..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Seleuci regis. Et Marsyas amnis, haud procul a Maeandri fontibus oriens, in Maeandrum cadit, famaque ita tenet, Celaenis..."
