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Mĕnēnĭus ,
I.name of a Roman gens. Its most celebrated member was Menenius Agrippa, who told the people the fable of the belly and the limbs, Liv. 2, 16, 7; 2, 32, 8; 2, 33, 10.—Another Menenius in the time of Horace, noted as a foolish person, Hor. S. 2, 3, 287.—
II. Hence,
A. Mĕnēnĭus , a, um, adj., Menenian: “tribus,a Roman tribe, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2.—
B. Mĕnēnĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menenius, Menenian: “judicium,” i. e. of Menenius Agrippa, Liv. 2, 52, 8.
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