I.a city in the island of Lesbos, famous as the birthplace of the poet Arion, and for its excellent wine, now Molivo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Liv. 45, 31, 14: “quot habet Methymna racemos,” Ov. A. A. 1, 57.—Hence.
A. Mēthymnaeus , a, um, adj., = Μηθυμναῖος, of or belonging to Methymna, Methymnean: “Lesbos,” Ov. M. 11, 55: “Arion,” of Methymna, Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67: “merum,” Prop. 4 (5), 8, 38. “palmes,” Verg. G. 2, 90.—In plur. subst.: Mēthymnaei , ōrum, m., the Methymneans, Curt. 4, 5, 19.—