Skip to content Skip to search
About Report a problem (opens in a new tab)

Menenius

Mĕnēnĭus,
  • name of a Roman gens. Its most celebrated member was Menenius Agrippa, who told the people the fable of the belly and the limbs, Liv. 2, 16, 7; 2, 32, 8; 2, 33, 10.—Another Menenius in the time of Horace, noted as a foolish person, Hor. S. 2, 3, 287.—
  • II Hence,
    • A Mĕnēnĭus, a, um, adj., Menenian: tribus, a Roman tribe, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2.—
    • B Mĕnēnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menenius, Menenian: judicium, i.e. of Menenius Agrippa, Liv. 2, 52, 8.

Saved

Recent

Keyboard shortcuts

/ s Search
← → Previous / next dictionary
1 – 9 Go to dictionary 1–9
j k Next / previous word in the word wheel
m Switch between Logeion and Morpho
b Save or unsave this word
Shift B Saved and recent words
l Look up the selected word
Esc Close suggestions or a panel
? This list