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|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1017.jpg&#125;&#125;]]Μένανδρας, ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Mĕnander</b>: or Mĕnandros (-us; Gr.<br /><b>I</b> gen. Menandru, acc. to Μενάνδρου, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Μένανδρος, a [[celebrated]] Greek [[comic]] [[poet]], whom Terence took as his [[model]], Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28: [[nobilis]] comoediis, Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4.—Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18: also Menandrus, Vell. 1, 16, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[slave]] of [[Cicero]], Cic. Fam. 16, 13.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[freedman]] of T. Ampius [[Balbus]], Cic. Fam. 13, 70.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the [[poet]] [[Menander]], Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the [[same]]: [[fluxus]], Tert. Pall. 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Mĕnandĕr</b>,¹³ <b>-drŏs</b>, <b>-drus</b>, ī, m. (Μένανδρος), Ménandre<br /><b>1</b> [poète comique] : Ter. Andr. 9 ; Cic. Fin. 1, 4 &#124;&#124; Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18 &#124;&#124; Prop. 3, 21, 28 ; Vell. 1, 16, 3<br /><b>2</b> nom d’esclave : Cic. Fam. 16, 13 ; d’affranchi : Cic. Fam. 13, 70.||Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18||Prop. 3, 21, 28 ; Vell. 1, 16, 3<br /><b>2</b> nom d’esclave : Cic. Fam. 16, 13 ; d’affranchi : Cic. Fam. 13, 70.
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{{Georges
|georg=Menander, drī, m. (Μένανδρος), I) der berühmteste Dichter der neuen griech. [[Komödie]], [[Schüler]] [[des]] [[Theophrastus]], um 340 v. Chr., [[Vorbild]] [[des]] Terenz, Ter. Andr. prol. 9. Cic. de fin. 1, 4. [[Auson]]. edyll. 13 extr. p. 146, 21 Schenkl: [[nobilis]] comoediis, Phaedr. 5, 1, 9: [[Menander]] [[comicus]], Amm. 21, 4, 4: [[Thais]] Menandri, [[Varro]] [[sat]]. Men. 301. – Nbf. [[Menandros]], Ov. am. 1, 15, 18: Nbf. Menandrus, Vell. 1, 16, 3: Vok., [[docte]] Menandre, Prop. 3, 21, 28. – Dav. A) Menandrēus, a, um (Μενάνδρειος), menandrëisch, [[des]] [[Menander]], [[Thais]], Prop. 2, 6, 3. – B) Menandricus, a, um, menandrisch, [[fluxus]], Tert. de pall. 4 (u. [[dazu]] Oehler Bd. 1. s. [[940)]]. – II) [[als]] Sklavenname: a) [[ein]] [[Sklave]] Ciceros, Cic. ep. 16, 13. – b) [[ein]] Freigelassener [[des]] T. Ampius [[Balbus]], Cic. ep. 13, 70.
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