Maenius
χωρίον ἔνθα οὐ προσβατὸν θανάτῳ → a spot where it is not accessible to death, a place where was no point accessible by death, a place where death was forbidden to set foot
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.
