brothers and sisters

germānus, a, um, adj. [v. germen], of brothers and sisters who have the same parents, or at least the same father, full, own (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

spes mihi est vos inventuros fratres germanos duos Geminos, una matre natos et patre uno uno die,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 43:

frater,

id. Capt. 5, 4, 18; Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; Cic. Font. 17, 36; id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; v. frater;

and cf.: L. Cicero frater noster, cognatione patruelis, amore germanus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

soror germana,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 3; id. Truc. 2, 4, 87; Cic. Mil. 27, 73; Nep. Cim. 1:

bimembres (i. e. Centauri),

Ov. M. 12, 240.— Poet., to denote intimate friendship: soror, of a nurse, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 42 Vahl.); cf. also absol.: germana, ib. (v. 48 Vahl.).—

Subst.: germānus, i, m., and germāna, ae, f., an own or full brother, own or full sister (rare):

nunc tu mihi es germanus pariter corpore et animo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 34:

haec germanus Eryx quondam tuus arma gerebat,

Verg. A. 5, 412; Ov. M. 5, 13:

germanae justa dat ante suae,

id. F. 3, 560; id. M. 6, 613:

(Dryades) Omnes germanae Cererem cum vestibus atris Maerentes adeunt,

id. ib. 8, 781; Vulg. Gen. 27, 35 al.— Poet., of animals, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44.—In a pun with Germanus, a German:

Cimber hic fuit, a quo fratrem necatum hoc Ciceronis dicto notatum est: Germanum Cimber occidit,

Quint. 8, 3, 29; so in plur., Vell. 2, 67 fin. —

Transf.

Of or belonging to brothers and sisters, brotherly, sisterly (very rare);

nunc tu mihi amicus es in germanum modum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 25; so,

casus (fratrum),

Just. 27, 3 fin. —

In gen., genuine, real, actual, true (a favorite expression of Cicero):

illi veteres germanique Campani,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

germanos se putant esse Thucydidas,

id. Or. 9, 32:

magni et germani Attici,

id. ib. 26, 90:

germani hujus artis magistri,

id. de Or. 2, 38, 160;

germani Luperci,

id. Cael. 11, 26:

scio me asinum germanum fuisse,

id. Att. 4, 5, 3:

di (te) omnes perdant, oboluisti allium, Germana illuvies, rusticus, hircus, hara suis,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39:

haec est mea et hujus fratris mei germana patria: hinc enim orti stirpe antiquissima sumus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

ille Theodoromedes fuit germano nomine,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 38:

germana justitia,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

haec germana ironia est,

id. Brut. 86, 296:

gerrae germanae,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 9.— Sup.:

germanissimus Stoicus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132.—Hence, adv.: germāne, faithfully, truly:

germane fraterneque rescribere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 2; August. Civ. Dei, 2, 13.

Germānus, a, um, v. Germani, II. A.

germānus, a, um, adj. [v. germen], of brothers and sisters who have the same parents, or at least the same father, full, own (very freq. and class.).

Lit.

Adj.:

spes mihi est vos inventuros fratres germanos duos Geminos, una matre natos et patre uno uno die,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 43:

frater,

id. Capt. 5, 4, 18; Ter. And. 1, 5, 57; Cic. Font. 17, 36; id. Verr. 2, 1, 49, § 128; v. frater;

and cf.: L. Cicero frater noster, cognatione patruelis, amore germanus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1:

soror germana,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 3; id. Truc. 2, 4, 87; Cic. Mil. 27, 73; Nep. Cim. 1:

bimembres (i. e. Centauri),

Ov. M. 12, 240.— Poet., to denote intimate friendship: soror, of a nurse, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 42 Vahl.); cf. also absol.: germana, ib. (v. 48 Vahl.).—

Subst.: germānus, i, m., and germāna, ae, f., an own or full brother, own or full sister (rare):

nunc tu mihi es germanus pariter corpore et animo,

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 34:

haec germanus Eryx quondam tuus arma gerebat,

Verg. A. 5, 412; Ov. M. 5, 13:

germanae justa dat ante suae,

id. F. 3, 560; id. M. 6, 613:

(Dryades) Omnes germanae Cererem cum vestibus atris Maerentes adeunt,

id. ib. 8, 781; Vulg. Gen. 27, 35 al.— Poet., of animals, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44.—In a pun with Germanus, a German:

Cimber hic fuit, a quo fratrem necatum hoc Ciceronis dicto notatum est: Germanum Cimber occidit,

Quint. 8, 3, 29; so in plur., Vell. 2, 67 fin. —

Transf.

Of or belonging to brothers and sisters, brotherly, sisterly (very rare);

nunc tu mihi amicus es in germanum modum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 25; so,

casus (fratrum),

Just. 27, 3 fin. —

In gen., genuine, real, actual, true (a favorite expression of Cicero):

illi veteres germanique Campani,

Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 97:

germanos se putant esse Thucydidas,

id. Or. 9, 32:

magni et germani Attici,

id. ib. 26, 90:

germani hujus artis magistri,

id. de Or. 2, 38, 160;

germani Luperci,

id. Cael. 11, 26:

scio me asinum germanum fuisse,

id. Att. 4, 5, 3:

di (te) omnes perdant, oboluisti allium, Germana illuvies, rusticus, hircus, hara suis,

Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 39:

haec est mea et hujus fratris mei germana patria: hinc enim orti stirpe antiquissima sumus,

Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3:

ille Theodoromedes fuit germano nomine,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 38:

germana justitia,

Cic. Off. 3, 17, 69:

haec germana ironia est,

id. Brut. 86, 296:

gerrae germanae,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 9.— Sup.:

germanissimus Stoicus,

Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132.—Hence, adv.: germāne, faithfully, truly:

germane fraterneque rescribere,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b, 2; August. Civ. Dei, 2, 13.

Germānus, a, um, v. Germani, II. A.

con-sanguĭnĕus, a, um ( gen. plur. consanguineūm, Lucr. 3, 73), adj., springing from the same blood, related by blood.

In a restricted sense, of brothers and sisters, brotherly, sisterly (so mostly poet.):

umbrae,

Ov. M. 8, 476:

turba,

id. H. 14, 121:

scelus,

Stat. Th. 11, 407:

angues,

i. e. born with her, kindred, id. ib. 11, 61:

acies,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 237.—Of animals: arietes, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44 (Praetext. v. 21 Rib.). —Of abstract subjects:

caritas ( = benevolentia fraterna),

Val. Max. 5, 5, 3; cf.

scelus,

Stat. Th. 11, 407.— Subst.: consanguĭnĕ-us, i, m., a brother, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3; and consanguĭnĕa, ae, f., a sister, Cat. 64, 118. —

In a more gen. sense, related, kindred:

homines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

Turnus,

Verg. A. 7, 366:

Roma,

Sil. 1, 608:

dextra,

id. 1, 655. —Esp. freq. as subst. plur.: consanguĭ-nĕi, ōrum, kindred, relations, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 77; Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; Caes. B. G. 1, 11; 1, 33; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Claud. 25.—General senses, related, kindred (so most freq. in prose and poetry), Lucr. 3, 73; 6, 1282; cf. Dig. 38, 16, 1.—

Poet., transf.:

consanguineus Leti Sopor,

Verg. A. 6, 278 (in acc. with Hom. Il. x, 231: Upnos kasignêtos Thanatoio).—

Trop.:

res rustica proxima et quasi consanguinea sapientiae,

Col. 1, prooem. § 4.

con-sanguĭnĕus, a, um ( gen. plur. consanguineūm, Lucr. 3, 73), adj., springing from the same blood, related by blood.

In a restricted sense, of brothers and sisters, brotherly, sisterly (so mostly poet.):

umbrae,

Ov. M. 8, 476:

turba,

id. H. 14, 121:

scelus,

Stat. Th. 11, 407:

angues,

i. e. born with her, kindred, id. ib. 11, 61:

acies,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 237.—Of animals: arietes, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44 (Praetext. v. 21 Rib.). —Of abstract subjects:

caritas ( = benevolentia fraterna),

Val. Max. 5, 5, 3; cf.

scelus,

Stat. Th. 11, 407.— Subst.: consanguĭnĕ-us, i, m., a brother, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3; and consanguĭnĕa, ae, f., a sister, Cat. 64, 118. —

In a more gen. sense, related, kindred:

homines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

Turnus,

Verg. A. 7, 366:

Roma,

Sil. 1, 608:

dextra,

id. 1, 655. —Esp. freq. as subst. plur.: consanguĭ-nĕi, ōrum, kindred, relations, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 77; Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; Caes. B. G. 1, 11; 1, 33; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Claud. 25.—General senses, related, kindred (so most freq. in prose and poetry), Lucr. 3, 73; 6, 1282; cf. Dig. 38, 16, 1.—

Poet., transf.:

consanguineus Leti Sopor,

Verg. A. 6, 278 (in acc. with Hom. Il. x, 231: Upnos kasignêtos Thanatoio).—

Trop.:

res rustica proxima et quasi consanguinea sapientiae,

Col. 1, prooem. § 4.

con-sanguĭnĕus, a, um ( gen. plur. consanguineūm, Lucr. 3, 73), adj., springing from the same blood, related by blood.

In a restricted sense, of brothers and sisters, brotherly, sisterly (so mostly poet.):

umbrae,

Ov. M. 8, 476:

turba,

id. H. 14, 121:

scelus,

Stat. Th. 11, 407:

angues,

i. e. born with her, kindred, id. ib. 11, 61:

acies,

Claud. in Rufin. 2, 237.—Of animals: arietes, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44 (Praetext. v. 21 Rib.). —Of abstract subjects:

caritas ( = benevolentia fraterna),

Val. Max. 5, 5, 3; cf.

scelus,

Stat. Th. 11, 407.— Subst.: consanguĭnĕ-us, i, m., a brother, Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3; and consanguĭnĕa, ae, f., a sister, Cat. 64, 118. —

In a more gen. sense, related, kindred:

homines,

Caes. B. C. 1, 74:

Turnus,

Verg. A. 7, 366:

Roma,

Sil. 1, 608:

dextra,

id. 1, 655. —Esp. freq. as subst. plur.: consanguĭ-nĕi, ōrum, kindred, relations, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 77; Cic. Inv. 1, 24, 35; Caes. B. G. 1, 11; 1, 33; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Claud. 25.—General senses, related, kindred (so most freq. in prose and poetry), Lucr. 3, 73; 6, 1282; cf. Dig. 38, 16, 1.—

Poet., transf.:

consanguineus Leti Sopor,

Verg. A. 6, 278 (in acc. with Hom. Il. x, 231: Upnos kasignêtos Thanatoio).—

Trop.:

res rustica proxima et quasi consanguinea sapientiae,

Col. 1, prooem. § 4.

germānĭtas, ātis, f. [1. germanus], the relation between brothers and sisters, brotherhood, sisterhood.

Lit.:

moveant te horum lacrimae, moveat pietas, moveat germanitas,

Cic. Lig. 11, 33:

subituram vobis aliquando germanitatis memoriam (between Perseus and Demetrius as sons of Philip),

Liv. 40, 8, 10:

nexus germanitatis,

the bond of sisterhood, App. M. 2, p. 115; cf.:

inter Judam et Israël,

brotherhood, amity, Vulg. Zech. 11, 14.—

Transf.

The relationship of the inhabitants of cities which are colonies of one mother-city:

ab ea germanitate fraternam sibi cum iis caritatem esse,

Liv. 37, 56, 7.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things, a union, resemblance, similarity:

unde nomen ambobus (Bosporis) et jam quaedam in dissociatione germanitas concors,

Plin. 6, 1, 1, § 2:

malorum,

id. 15, 14, 15, § 51:

vini,

id. 14, 6, 8, § 59: digitorum, speciosa germanitas, of the toes, Lact. Opif. Dei, 13, 8.—

A sister:

germanitatis stupra,

Cic. Har. Resp. 20, 42; App. M. 5, p. 171, 5.

pignus, ŏris and ĕris (old form in plur.:

pignosa pignora eodem modo quo valesii, auselii... dicebantur,

Fest. p. 213 Müll.), n. [root pac-, of pango; cf. paciscor], a pledge, gage, pawn, security, mortgage (of persons as well as things).

Lit.:

opponere se pigneri,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 85:

ager oppositus est pignori,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56:

servus, quem hic reliqueram Pignus pro me,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 19:

quo facto pignore animos centurionum devinxit,

Caes. B. C. 1, 39:

rem alicujus pignori accipere,

Tac. H. 3, 65:

pignora apud se deposita persequi et vindicare,

Paul. Sent. 5, 26, 4:

sub pignoribus mutuas pecunias accipere,

Dig. 13, 7, 12:

habere aliquid pignori,

ib. 20, 4, 2:

liberare pignus a creditore,

ib. 20, 4, 4:

pignoribus cavere alicui,

ib. 43, 3, 2: aurum [p. 1376] pignori apud aliquem ponere, ib. 13, 7, 27:

viginti milia faenus pignoribus positis,

income from mortgages, Juv. 9, 141.—Esp., of the security for the payment of his fine, which was taken by the consul of a senator who failed to attend in the Senate:

pignus auferre,

Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: pignoribus terreri, Crass. ib.; so,

senatores pignoribus cogere,

Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:

pignora capere,

Liv. 3, 38, 12;

of hostages,

id. 33, 22:

marium pignora,

male hostages, Suet. Aug. 21: pignus praetorium, the security which the prœtor took as a guarantee for the preservation of a thing when he put it in the possession of a creditor, or fidei commissarius, Dig. 13, 7, 26; 41, 5, 12.—

Esp., in phrases.

Pignus capere, to take a pledge or security for payment:

certis verbis pignus capiebatur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 29; 26 al.—

Pignora capere, to issue execution, make seizure of property:

Vettium, pignoribus captis, cojecit in carcerem,

Suet. Caes. 17:

eorum, qui debita confessi sunt, pignora capi et distrahi possunt,

Paul. Sent. 5, 5 A, 4:

per vim debitoris sui pignora, cum non haberet obligata, capere,

id. ib. 5, 26, 4.—

Pignoris capio, a proceeding by which the summary collection of certain debts was secured, Gai. Inst. 4, 26 (v. Sandars ad Just. Inst. introd. § 96).—

Transf.

The object of a wager, a wager, stake:

da pignus, ni ea sit filia,

lay a wager, bet, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 34; so id. ib. 36:

cum illo dare,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 133:

pignore certare cum aliquo,

Verg. E. 3, 31:

quovis pignore contendere,

to lay any wager, bet any thing, Cat. 44, 4:

et quaerit posito pignore vincat uter,

Ov. A. A. 1, 168:

in quodvis pignus vocare, ni, etc.,

Gell. 5, 4, 2:

ponere pignus cum aliquo de re aliquā,

Val. Max. 4, 3, 3.—

A contract in which security is given, Dig. 13, 7, 1; 20, 6, 3.—

Trop.

A pledge, token, assurance, proof:

magnum pignus ab eo rei publicae datum, se, etc.,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 4:

pignora voluntatis,

id. Cael. 32, 78:

injuriae,

id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:

societatis,

Tac. H. 4, 61:

sceleris,

id. ib. 4, 57:

imperii,

id. ib. 3, 72:

reconciliatae gratiae pignus,

Curt. 6, 7, 35:

pignora da, genitor, per quae tua vera propago Credar,

sure tokens, Ov. M. 2, 38; 5, 247; 7, 497:

in vultu pignora mentis habet,

id. A. A. 2, 378:

digito pignus fortasse dedisti,

i. e. a ring, Juv. 6, 27.—

Concr.

Children, parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, as pledges of love (only after the Aug. period):

nunc tibi commendo communia pignora, natos,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73; Ov. M. 11, 543:

prolemque gemellam Pignora bina dedi,

id. H. 6, 121:

tot natos natasque et pignora cara nepotes,

id. M. 3, 134:

ascita pignora,

Stat. S. 2, 1, 86:

pignora conjugum ac liberorum,

Liv. 2, 1, 5:

obsecratio illa judicum, per carissima pignora, utique, si et reo sint liberi, conjux, parentes, utilis erit,

Quint. 6, 1, 33:

habens filiam, uxorem, nepotem, sorores, interque tot pignora veros amicos,

Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3; Tac. A. 12, 2:

proxima pignora,

id. ib. 15, 36:

ne in conjugem, in familiam, in cetera pignora ejus saeviret,

id. ib. 16, 26; id. G. 7:

frangi aspectu pignorum suorum,

id. Agr. 38.—Hence, in gen.,

Any thing especially valuable or dear:

si quis post pignera tanta Pompeio locus est,

Luc. 7, 376.—

Poet. transf., a graft, scion, Pall. Insit. 109.

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consanguĭnĭtas, ātis, f. [consanguineus], blood-relationship, consanguinity (rare; perh. not ante-Aug.).

In a restricted sense, the relationship between brothers and sisters (mostly in the jurists), Dig. 38, 8, 4; 1, 7, 44.—

In a more extended sense, relationship, in gen., Liv. 7, 19, 6; 8, 5, 4; Verg. A. 2, 86.—

Trop.: doctrinae, affinity, similarity, Tert. adv. Haeret. c. 32 fin.

con-sōbrīnus, i, m., and -a, ae, f. [soror].

In a restricted sense, a designation of the children of two sisters, the child of a mother's sister; but more freq. consobrini is used of all cousins-german, the children of brothers or sisters; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 1, § 6; Isid. Orig. 9, 6, 14.—In the former sense, masc., Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 2.—In the latter, masc., Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54; id. Lig. 4, 11; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 15; fem., Cic. Quint. 4, 16; Nep. Att. 2, 1.—

In gen., a relation, cousin, in any degree, Suet. Calig. 26; id. Claud. 26.

con-sōbrīnus, i, m., and -a, ae, f. [soror].

In a restricted sense, a designation of the children of two sisters, the child of a mother's sister; but more freq. consobrini is used of all cousins-german, the children of brothers or sisters; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 1, § 6; Isid. Orig. 9, 6, 14.—In the former sense, masc., Cic. de Or. 2, 1, 2.—In the latter, masc., Cic. Off. 1, 17, 54; id. Lig. 4, 11; cf. Dig. 38, 10, 10, § 15; fem., Cic. Quint. 4, 16; Nep. Att. 2, 1.—

In gen., a relation, cousin, in any degree, Suet. Calig. 26; id. Claud. 26.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros ( - ag-rus), gri, m., = Meleagros, son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence,

Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.

The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.—

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Meleagrios, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.