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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).
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