Menander

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Μένανδρος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Mĕnander: or Mĕnandros (-us; Gr.
I 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.—
II A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.—
III A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70.—Hence,
   A Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.—
   B Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: fluxus, Tert. Pall. 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Mĕnandĕr,¹³ -drŏs, -drus, ī, m. (Μένανδρος), Ménandre
1 [poète comique] : Ter. Andr. 9 ; Cic. Fin. 1, 4 || Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18 || Prop. 3, 21, 28 ; Vell. 1, 16, 3
2 nom d’esclave : Cic. Fam. 16, 13 ; d’affranchi : Cic. Fam. 13, 70.

Latin > German (Georges)

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.