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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1017.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1017.jpg}}]]Μελέαγρος, ὁ, or say, <b class="b2">son of Oeneus.</b> | |Text=[[File:woodhouse_1017.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1017.jpg}}]]Μελέαγρος, ὁ, or say, <b class="b2">son of Oeneus.</b> | ||
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|lshtext=<b>Mĕlĕăger</b>: and Mĕlĕăgros (-ag-rus), gri, m., = Μελέαγρος,<br /><b>I</b> [[son]] of the Calydonian [[king]] Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian [[boar]]-[[hunt]]. His [[life]] depended on the [[preservation]] of an extinguished [[brand]]; this his [[mother]] burned, [[out]] of [[revenge]] for the [[death]] of her brothers [[who]] had [[fallen]] by his [[hand]], and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,<br /> <b>A</b> Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Meleager]], Luc. 6, 365.—<br /> <b>B</b> Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.<br /> <b>1</b> The sisters of [[Meleager]], [[who]], according to the [[fable]], [[bitterly]] lamented his [[death]], and were changed [[into]] birds called [[after]] his [[name]], Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[kind]] of fowls, Guinea-hens, the [[same]] as Gallinae Africanae, or a [[variety]] of [[them]], Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—<br /> <b>C</b> Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Μελεάγριος, of or belonging to [[Meleager]], Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103. | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μελέαγρος, ὁ, or say, son of Oeneus.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Mĕlĕăger: and Mĕlĕăgros (-ag-rus), gri, m., = Μελέαγρος,
I son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,
A Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—
B Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.
1 The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—
2 A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—
C Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Μελεάγριος, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.
