I.a male proper name [of Oscan origin], a tyrant of Cære or Agylla, Liv. 1, 2; “Paul. ex Fest. s. v. oscillum, p. 194 Müll.: contemptor divom Mezentius,” Verg. A. 7, 648 sq.; cf. Macr. S. 3, 5; and Serv Verg. A. 1, 267; 7, 760; 9, 745.
Mezentĭus (not Mezzent-, Mesdent-, Messent-, Mēdient- , or Mēdent- ; cf. Rib. in Rhein. Mus. 1857, vol. 12, p. 418 sq.), i, m.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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