with turnings and windings

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander ( Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Maiandros, a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:

Maeandros,

Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:

Maeandrus,

Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:

Maeandron,

Luc. 3, 208:

more Maeandri,

i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—

Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—

Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.

A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:

quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?

Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:

in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,

Gell. 16, 8, 17:

Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,

Amm. 30, 1:

Mĕandros,

Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—

In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:

victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,

Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,

Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.

Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

juvenis Maeandrius,

i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—

Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

unda,

Prop. 3, 32, 35:

flumina,

Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—

Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

fluxus,

Tert. Pall. 4 med. —

Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

in-sĭnŭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.

Lit., to put, place, or thrust into the bosom (post-class.):

sicine vacuus et otiosus insinuatis manibus ambulabis,

with folded arms, App. M. 9, p. 219, 23:

manum in sinum,

Tert. Res. Carn. 28.—

To bring in by windings or turnings, to insinuate into; to cause a person or thing to get to a place by windings or turnings; and, in gen., to cause to arrive at or get to a place.

In gen.:

ratem terris,

to land, Avien. Arat. 312:

suum aestum per saepta domorum,

Lucr. 6, 860:

Romani quacumque data intervalla essent, insinuabant ordines suos,

pushed forward their files into the open spaces of the enemy, Liv. 44, 41.— Poet.:

et (tibi) omni tempore tam faciles insinuentur opes,

come to you, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 28.—

Esp., with se, to wind one ' s way into, to steal into; to insinuate or ingratiate one ' s self:

se inter equitum turmas,

Caes. B. G. 4, 33:

quā te insinuaveris, retro via repetenda,

Liv. 9, 2, 8:

cum (Romanus) insinuasset se inter corpus armaque,

id. 7, 10, 10:

qua se inter valles flumen insinuat,

winds along, id. 32, 31, 1:

Tigris Persico mari se insinuat,

Curt. 5, 3.—

Trop., to make favorably known to, to introduce, recommend.

In gen.:

Augusto insinuatus est,

Suet. Gramm. 21; id. Calig. 10; id. Oth. 2:

hoc est quod penitus illos animo Caesaris insinuavit,

Plin. Pan. 62; cf.:

vitam moresque feris mentibus,

Aur. Vict. de Orig. Gent. 3, 3.—

Esp., reflex. with se, etc.

With ad or in and acc.:

his nos rebus insinuabimus ad causam,

will make our way to, get to, Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10:

se in antiquam philosophiam,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 12, 34:

se ad aliquam,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 27:

se in familiaritatem alicujus,

Cic. Caecin. 5, 13:

se in amicitiam cum aliquo,

Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 94; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 68, § 157:

se in forum,

id. Phil. 5, 3, 8:

se in familiarem usum,

Liv. 40, 21, 11:

se in eorum sermonem,

Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 12.—

Absol.:

callidus ille ne se insinuet, studiose cavendum est,

Cic. Lael. 26, 99:

eadem qua te insinuaveris via retro repetenda est,

Liv. 9, 2, 8:

celeriter dato loco cum se insinuasset, Auct. B. Alex. 52, 2: praefecto regis se,

Just. 5, 2, 5:

plebi se,

Liv. 3, 15, 2.—

To introduce to, initiate into:

adest tibi dies, quo per istas meas manus piissimis sacrorum arcanis insinueris,

App. M. 11, p. 268.—

To make known, publish (post-class.):

voluntatem suam heredibus,

Dig. 32, 1, 11, § 2; Rutil. Nam. 1, 590.—

Neutr., to wind or steal into, to make one ' s way or get into, to penetrate, enter, reach, arrive at; constr. with in and acc. or dat.: inde in amicitiam insinuavit cum matre et mecum simul. Blanditiis, etc., Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 93:

penitus insinuare in causam,

to penetrate thoroughly into, to acquire a complete knowledge of, Cic. de Or. 2, 35, 149; cf.:

ad causam,

Auct. Her. 1, 6, 10:

in ipsius consuetudinem insinuabo,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 6:

novus per pectora cunctis Insinuat pavor,

Verg. A. 2, 229:

Italiaeque urbes dextram insinuantis in undam,

winding, reaching to, Manil. 4, 602: et blandiri suppliciter et subtiliter insinuare eis, a quibus, etc., i. e. to steal into favor with, etc., Cic. de Or. 1, 20, 90.

circum-flecto, xi, xum, 3, v. a., to bend or turn about (Verg. and post-class. writers); prop. of the charioteer in the circus;

hence, transf.' longos cursus,

Verg. A. 5, 131; 3, 430.—

Trop.:

circumflexa saecula,

returning upon themselves, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 391:

anceps labyrinthus et error circumflexus,

full of windings and turnings, Prud. Apoth. 71.—

In later gram. t. t., to mark with a circumflex, to pronounce as long (in Quint., instead of it, circumducere, q. v.):

penultimam,

Gell. 4, 7, 2:

syllaba circumflexa,

id. 4, 7, 2, § 4; Diom. p. 425 P.; Prisc. p. 1287 ib. et saep.— Adv.: circum-flexē, with a circumflex:

promere ( = pronuntiare) syllabam,

Gell. 4, 7, 4: enuntiare syllabam, Porphyr. ad Hor. C. 4, 9, 1; id. ad Hor. S. 1, 1, 1.