Maeander

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

(River) Μαίανδρος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Maeander: (Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Μαιανδρος,
I a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999: Maeandros, Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55: Maeandrus, Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13: Maeandron, Luc. 3, 208: more Maeandri, i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—
   2    Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
   B Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
   1    A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.: quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti? Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683: in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris, Gell. 16, 8, 17: Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc., Amm. 30, 1: Mĕandros, Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—
   2    In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings: victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit, Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,
II
   A Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Μαιάνδριος.
   1    Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian: juvenis Maeandrius, i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
   2    Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian: unda, Prop. 3, 32, 35: flumina, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
   B Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.): fluxus, Tert. Pall. 4 med.—*
   C Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Mæander¹³ Liv. 38, 13, 6, -drus Sil. 7, 139 ou -drŏs, ī, m., Ov. M. 2, 246 (Μαίανδρος),
1 Méandre [fleuve de cours sinueux]
2 [fig.] tours, détours : Cic. Pis. 53 ; Amm. 30, 1, 12 ; dialecticæ Mæandri Gell. 16, 8, 17, les méandres de la dialectique || bordure circulaire, bande qui serpente : Virg. En. 5, 251 ; cf. Non. 140 ; P. Fest. 136.

Latin > German (Georges)

Maeander, drī, m. u. Maeandros (u. -us), drī, m. (Μαίανδρος), I) ein Fluß in Ionien und Phrygien, der bei Milet ins Ikarische Meer fließt, berühmt wegen seiner vielen Krümmungen, der Sage nach Vater der Cyane, die den Kaunus u. die Byblis gebar, j. Meinder, Form -der, Liv. 38, 13, 6 sq. u.a.: Form -dros, Ov. met. 2, 246 u.a.: Form -drus, Sil. 7, 139: Vok. Maeandre, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 268. – more Maeandri, mit Krümmungen, in krummen Linien, Colum. 8, 17, 11. – II) appellat., jede Krümmung, Windung, a) eine Krümmung des Weges, ein Umweg, Cic. Pis. 53. Amm. 30, 1, 12. Prud. cath. 6, 142 (wo Meandros): dialecticae gyri atque Maeandri, Gell. 16, 8, 17. – b) in der Stickerei, bes. die künstlich ineinander verschlungenen Purpureinfassungen an den Gewändern der Alten, Verg. Aen. 5, 251. – Dav.: a) Maeandrātus, a, um, voll Krümmungen, Varro sat. Men. 534. – b) Maeandricus, a, um, mäandrisch, Tert. de pall. 4 zw. (Oehler Menandrico). – c) Maeandrius, a, um (Μαιάνδριος), mäandrisch, unda, Prop.: iuvenis, Kaunus, Mäanders Enkel, Ov.