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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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.70
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 16.13
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.2
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 2.5
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