Menander
Τοὺς δούλους ἔταξεν ὡρισμένου νομίσματος ὁμιλεῖν ταῖς θεραπαινίσιν → He arranged for his male slaves to have sex with female slaves at a fixed price (Plutarch, Life of Cato the Elder 21.2)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Μένανδρας, 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.
