Maenius
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Maenĭus: a,
I the name of a Roman gens: C. Maenius, consul A. U. C. 416, Liv. 8, 13, 1.—Hence,
A Maenĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Mænius, Mænian: Maenia lex, proposed by the people's tribune Mænius, A. U. C. 468, Cic. Brut. 14, 55.— Esp. freq., Maenĭa Cŏlumna, ae, f., a pillar in the Forum, at which thieves and refractory slaves were scourged, and to which bad debtors were summoned, a whipping-post, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 50; id. Sest. 58, 124.—
B Maenĭānum, i, n., a projecting gallery, balcony of a house (first made use of by a Mænius); commonly used in the plur.: Maeniana appellata sunt a Maenio censore, qui primus in Foro ultra columnas tigna projecit, quo ampliarentur superiora spectacula, Paul. ex Fest. p. 134 Müll.; Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 70; Suet. Calig. 18; Vitr. 5, 1, 2; Varro ap. Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 113; Dig. 50, 16, 242; Cod. Just. 8, 10, 11. —In sing.: Maenianum conscendere, Val. Max. 9, 12, 7.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Mænĭus,¹³ ĭī, m., nom d’une famille rom. : Liv. 8, 13, 1 ; 30, 18, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
Maenius (nicht Mēnius), a, um, Name einer röm. gens, adjekt. mänisch, columna Maenia s. columnano. I, 1, a. – Dav. Maeniānus, a, um, mänianisch, subst. Maeniānum, ī, n., der Vorbau, Erker, Balkon eines Hauses, wie sie zuerst C. Mänius an den Gebäuden um das Forum herum anbrachte (vgl. Fest. p. 134, 22), Varro de vit. P. R. 1. fr. 27 (b. Non. 83, 21). Val. Max. 9, 12, 7 (klein geschrieben): gew. Plur. Maeniana, Cic. Acad. 2, 70. Vitr. 5, 1, 2. Suet. Cal. 18, 3.
