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1 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. B.Mĕnēnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menenius, Menenian:judicium,
i. e. of Menenius Agrippa, Liv. 2, 52, 8.
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