maeandros
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.);
acc. pl.
Examples
- L
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Pactolus uada Inundat auro rura: nec laetis minus Maeandros aruis flectit errantes aquas, Rapidusque campos fertiles Hebrus secat..." - P
Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...honores: victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum purpura maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit, intextusque puer frondosa regius Ida velocis..." - P
Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...variarum ambage viarum. non secus ac liquidus Phrygiis Maeandros in arvis ludit et ambiguo lapsu refluitque fluitque occurrensque..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...arsurusque iterum Xanthos flavusque Lycormas, quique recurvatis ludit Maeandros in undis, Mygdoniusque Melas et Taenarius Eurotas. arsit..."