Maeonides
Maeonides, a Maeonide, native of Maeonia; hence, Homer
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
Maeonidae, ārum, m.: Maeonians or Lydians; people of Lydian descent; hence, Tyrrhenians or Etrurians, Etruscans, 11.759.
Mæŏnĭdēs, (14) æ, m. (Μαιονίδης), ¶ 1 de Méonie [en part., le poète de Méonie, Homère] : Ov. Am. 3, 9, 25 ; Mart. 5, 10, 8 ¶ 2 Étrusque : Virg. En. 11, 759 ; Mæonidum tellus Sil. 6, 607, lʼÉtrurie.
Maeo'nides
(Μαιόνιδης), properly a son of Maeon, the husband of Dindyme, who was the mother of Cybele, or a native of Maeonia, which was the ancient name of a portion of Lydia, but was also applied to the whole country of Lydia. As Homer was believed by some to have been a native of Lydia, lie is sometimes called Maeonides, or the Maeonian bard. The feminine form of this patronymic, Maeonis, also occurs as a surname of Omphale (Ov. Fast. 2.310), and of Arachne (Ov. Met. 6.103), because both were Lydians. [L.S]
Maeonidēs ae, m
- , Μαιονίδης, a Maeonide, native of Maeonia; hence, Homer, O.—Plur, the Etrurians, V.
Maeonĭdes
See Maeonia.