extinguished

* * *

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

cădūcus, a, um, adj. [cado].

That falls or has fallen, falling, fallen (mostly poet.): bacae glandesque caducae, * Lucr. 5, 1362; cf. Dig. 50, 16, 30:

glans caduca est, quae ex arbore cecidit: oleae,

Cato, R. R. 23, 2:

spica,

that fell in mowing, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 12:

aqua,

id. ib. 3, 5, 2:

aquae,

Ov. P. 2, 7, 39:

frondes,

Verg. G. 1, 368:

frons,

Ov. M. 7, 840; id. Tr. 3, 1, 45:

folia,

id. Am. 2, 16, 45:

lacrimae,

id. M. 6, 396:

poma,

Prop. 2, 32, 40:

oliva,

Col. 12, 52, 22:

fulmen,

Hor. C. 3, 4, 44:

te, triste lignum, te caducum In domini caput immerentis,

id. ib. 2, 13, 11; cf.

ligna,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 66 Müll.:

tela,

Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53:

moro coma nigrior caduco,

Mart. 8, 64, 7.—

Caduca auspicia dicunt cum aliquid in templo excidit, veluti virga e manu, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 9 Müll.—

Caduci bello, that have fallen in war, slain in battle:

bello caduci Dardanidae,

Verg. A. 6, 481.—

In gen., devoted to death, destined to die:

juvenis,

Verg. A. 10, 622.—

Inclined to fall, that easily falls (rare):

vitis, quae naturā caduca est et, nisi fulta sit, ad terram fertur,

Cic. Sen. 15, 52; cf. id. ib. 2, 5. —Hence,

Esp., in medic. lang.: homo, epileptic, Firm. Math. 3, 6, n. 8;

Aemil. Mac. c. de Paeonia: equus,

Veg. 1, 25, 2:

asellus morbo detestabili caducus,

App. M. 9, p. 236, 12:

morbus,

the falling sickness, epilepsy, App. Herb. 60; Aemil. Mac. c. Aristoloch.; Isid. Orig. 14, 7, 5.—

Trop.

In gen., frail, fleeting, perishable, transitory, vain (class., esp. in prose):

in eo, qui ex animo constet et corpus caducus et infirmus,

Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 98:

ignis,

quickly extinguished, Sen. Q. N. 2, 23, 2:

res humanae fragiles caducaeque,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102: quis confidit semper sibi illud stabile et firmum permansurum, quod fragile et caducum sit, id. Fin. 2, 27, 86:

nihil nisi mortale et caducum praeter animos,

id. Rep. 6, 17, 17: alia omnia incerta sunt, caduca, mobilia;

virtus est una altissimis defixa radicibus,

id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Lael. 6, 20; id. Dom. 58, 146:

tituli,

Plin. Pan. 55, 8:

tempus,

id. Ep. 3, 7, 14:

labores,

id. ib. 9, 3, 2:

fama,

Ov. P. 4, 8, 46:

spes,

vain, futile, id. M. 9, 597:

preces,

ineffectual, id. F. 1, 181:

pars voti,

id. Ib. 88.—

Esp., in law, caduca bona were those possessions which did not fall to the heir mentioned in a will, because he was childless, but passed to other heirs (in default of such, to the exchequer); vacant, having no heir (cf. Hugo, Rechtsgesch. p. 760 sq.):

quod quis sibi testamento relictum, ita ut jure civili capere possit, aliquă ex causă deinde non ceperit, caducum appellatur, veluti ceciderit ab eo, etc., Ulp. Lib. Regul. tit. 10: hereditates,

Cic. Phil. 10, 5, 11; Cod. Th. 10, 10, 30 pr.; Dig. 22, 5, 9: portio, Gai Inst. 2, 206.—As subst.: cădūcum, i, n., property without an heir, an unowned eslate:

legatum omne capis nec non et dulce caducum,

Juv. 9, 88:

caduca occupare,

Just. 19, 3, 6: vindicare, Gal Inst. 2, 207.—

Transf., of other things:

nostra est omnis ista prudentiae doctrinaeque possessio, in quam homines, quasi caducam atque vacuam, abundantes otio, nobis occupatis, involaverunt,

Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122 (no comp. or sup.).—Hence, adv.: cădū-cĭter, precipitately, headlong: caduciter = praecipitanter;

Varro: aquai caduciter ruentis,

Non. p. 91, 1 sq.

ē-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and (perh. not ante-Aug.) ē-mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. a.

To obtain by service, to gain, earn, merit, deserve.

In gen. (rare;

not in Cic.): quid ego emerui mali?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 5:

honores,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 61:

mihi altior sollicitudo, quale judicium hominum, emererer, accessit,

Quint. 4, prooem. § 1; cf.:

emerendi favoris gratia canunt,

id. 4, 1, 2: pecuniam ex eo quaestu uberem, Gell, 6, 7, 5.— Poet., with inf. clause as object:

Ennius emeruit Contiguus poni, Scipio magne, tibi,

Ov. A. A. 3, 410; cf. id. F. 4, 58.— Pass., in the part. perf.:

emerito caput insere caelo,

Sil. 7, 19; so id. 11, 464; Sid. Carm. 2, 209.—

In Tib. and Ov. emerere aliquem, like demereri aliquem, to gain the favor of any one, to deserve well of, to lay under obligation:

viros,

Tib. 1, 9, 60; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 52; id. Am. 2, 8, 24; id. Her. 6, 138.—Far more frequent,

To serve out, complete one's term of service.

Prop., in milit. lang.:

spes emerendi stipendia,

Liv. 25, 6; in part. perf.:

emerita stipendia,

Sall. J. 84, 2 Kritz.; Cic. de Sen. 14, 49; Liv. 3, 57; 21, 43 al.:

militia,

Suet. Calig. 44:

arma,

Plin. Pan. 15, 3:

anni,

Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 21; cf. id. F. 3, 43.—As a v. dep.:

stipendia emeritus,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 10.—Hence, subst. ēmĕrĭ-tus, i, m., a soldier who has served out his time, a veteran, an exempt, Tac. A. 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 24; Luc. 1, 344 al.—

Transf. beyond the milit. sphere:

annuum tempus (sc. magistratus) emeritum habere,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3; cf.:

annuae operae emerentur,

id. ib. 6, 2, 6:

spatium juventae (homo) transit, et emeritis medii quoque temporis annis, etc.,

Ov. M. 15, 226.—In part. perf.: emeritus, a, um (since the Aug. per. in the mid. signif.), that has become unfit for service, worn out:

equi,

Ov. F. 4, 688; cf.:

apes fessae et jam emeritae,

Plin. 11, 11, 11, § 27; so,

palmes,

id. 17, 23, 35, § 206:

aratrum,

Ov. F. 1, 665:

latus (with invalidum),

id. Am. 3, 11, 14:

acus,

Juv. 6, 498:

rogus,

i. e. burned out, extinguished, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 72.

ē-mĕrĕo, ŭi, ĭtum, 2, v. a., and (perh. not ante-Aug.) ē-mĕrĕor, ĭtus, 2, v. dep. a.

To obtain by service, to gain, earn, merit, deserve.

In gen. (rare;

not in Cic.): quid ego emerui mali?

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 5:

honores,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 61:

mihi altior sollicitudo, quale judicium hominum, emererer, accessit,

Quint. 4, prooem. § 1; cf.:

emerendi favoris gratia canunt,

id. 4, 1, 2: pecuniam ex eo quaestu uberem, Gell, 6, 7, 5.— Poet., with inf. clause as object:

Ennius emeruit Contiguus poni, Scipio magne, tibi,

Ov. A. A. 3, 410; cf. id. F. 4, 58.— Pass., in the part. perf.:

emerito caput insere caelo,

Sil. 7, 19; so id. 11, 464; Sid. Carm. 2, 209.—

In Tib. and Ov. emerere aliquem, like demereri aliquem, to gain the favor of any one, to deserve well of, to lay under obligation:

viros,

Tib. 1, 9, 60; Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 52; id. Am. 2, 8, 24; id. Her. 6, 138.—Far more frequent,

To serve out, complete one's term of service.

Prop., in milit. lang.:

spes emerendi stipendia,

Liv. 25, 6; in part. perf.:

emerita stipendia,

Sall. J. 84, 2 Kritz.; Cic. de Sen. 14, 49; Liv. 3, 57; 21, 43 al.:

militia,

Suet. Calig. 44:

arma,

Plin. Pan. 15, 3:

anni,

Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 21; cf. id. F. 3, 43.—As a v. dep.:

stipendia emeritus,

Val. Max. 6, 1, 10.—Hence, subst. ēmĕrĭ-tus, i, m., a soldier who has served out his time, a veteran, an exempt, Tac. A. 1, 28; Suet. Aug. 24; Luc. 1, 344 al.—

Transf. beyond the milit. sphere:

annuum tempus (sc. magistratus) emeritum habere,

Cic. Att. 6, 5, 3; cf.:

annuae operae emerentur,

id. ib. 6, 2, 6:

spatium juventae (homo) transit, et emeritis medii quoque temporis annis, etc.,

Ov. M. 15, 226.—In part. perf.: emeritus, a, um (since the Aug. per. in the mid. signif.), that has become unfit for service, worn out:

equi,

Ov. F. 4, 688; cf.:

apes fessae et jam emeritae,

Plin. 11, 11, 11, § 27; so,

palmes,

id. 17, 23, 35, § 206:

aratrum,

Ov. F. 1, 665:

latus (with invalidum),

id. Am. 3, 11, 14:

acus,

Juv. 6, 498:

rogus,

i. e. burned out, extinguished, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 72.

ex-ănĭmis, e, and ex-ănĭmus, a, um (cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 4, 8; the latter form common in the plur., of which the former has only exanimes, nom. and acc.), adj. [anima], lifeless, dead (mostly postAug.; not in Cic. and Caes.; cf.: inanimis, exanimatus, mortuus).

Lit.

Form exanimis:

(columba) Decidit exanimis,

Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. id. ib. 5, 481:

ut exanimem labentem ex equo Scipionem vidit,

Liv. 25, 34 fin.:

aliquamdiu jacuit,

Suet. Caes. 82 et saep.:

corpus,

Ov. M. 14, 728; 10, 721; 13, 438; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 2; Curt. 8, 11, 16; 9, 5, 8; Plin. 9, 21, 38, § 74:

caro,

id. 11, 33, 39, § 114; Quint. 4, 2, 13; cf.

artus,

Ov. M. 2, 336.— Poet.:

gelidae exanimesque favillae,

i. e. dead, extinguished, Stat. Th. 12, 418:

hiems,

i. e. calm, without wind, id. ib. 7, 88.—

Form exanimus:

pueri,

Lucr. 6, 1256:

nos juvenem exanimum... vano maesti comitamur honore,

Verg. A. 11, 51:

pacem me exanimis et Martis sorte peremptis Oratis?

id. ib. 11, 110:

partim exanimos ante vallum aut in amnem Rhenum proiciunt,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

corpus exanimum,

Lucr. 6, 705; so,

corpus (corpora),

id. 6, 1273; Col. 12, 45, 4; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Verg. A. 1, 484; 6, 149; 9, 444; Liv. 25, 26; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8.—As subst.: exănĭma, ōrum, n., lifeless things, Lact. 2, 2, 17; id. Epit. 25, 15.—

Transf., half dead with fear, terrified, dismayed (very rare;

only in form exanimis): audiit exanimis,

Verg. A. 4, 672; cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 76; 2, 6, 114; Liv. 1, 25, 6.

ex-ănĭmis, e, and ex-ănĭmus, a, um (cf. Wagner ad Verg. A. 4, 8; the latter form common in the plur., of which the former has only exanimes, nom. and acc.), adj. [anima], lifeless, dead (mostly postAug.; not in Cic. and Caes.; cf.: inanimis, exanimatus, mortuus).

Lit.

Form exanimis:

(columba) Decidit exanimis,

Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. id. ib. 5, 481:

ut exanimem labentem ex equo Scipionem vidit,

Liv. 25, 34 fin.:

aliquamdiu jacuit,

Suet. Caes. 82 et saep.:

corpus,

Ov. M. 14, 728; 10, 721; 13, 438; Plin. Ep. 3, 14, 2; Curt. 8, 11, 16; 9, 5, 8; Plin. 9, 21, 38, § 74:

caro,

id. 11, 33, 39, § 114; Quint. 4, 2, 13; cf.

artus,

Ov. M. 2, 336.— Poet.:

gelidae exanimesque favillae,

i. e. dead, extinguished, Stat. Th. 12, 418:

hiems,

i. e. calm, without wind, id. ib. 7, 88.—

Form exanimus:

pueri,

Lucr. 6, 1256:

nos juvenem exanimum... vano maesti comitamur honore,

Verg. A. 11, 51:

pacem me exanimis et Martis sorte peremptis Oratis?

id. ib. 11, 110:

partim exanimos ante vallum aut in amnem Rhenum proiciunt,

Tac. A. 1, 32:

corpus exanimum,

Lucr. 6, 705; so,

corpus (corpora),

id. 6, 1273; Col. 12, 45, 4; Curt. 10, 10, 12; Verg. A. 1, 484; 6, 149; 9, 444; Liv. 25, 26; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 8.—As subst.: exănĭma, ōrum, n., lifeless things, Lact. 2, 2, 17; id. Epit. 25, 15.—

Transf., half dead with fear, terrified, dismayed (very rare;

only in form exanimis): audiit exanimis,

Verg. A. 4, 672; cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 76; 2, 6, 114; Liv. 1, 25, 6.

ex-āresco, rŭi, 3, v. inch. n., to dry up, become completely dry (rare, but class.).

Lit.:

vestimenta uvida,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 20:

frumentum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 32:

silva omnis radicitus,

Suet. Galb. 1:

amnes,

Cic. Pis. 33, 82; id. Div. 1, 19 fin.; cf. fontes, * Caes. B. C. 3, 49, 5:

lacus et stagna,

Dig. 41, 1, 12:

lacrimae,

to dry up, Cic. Att. 10, 14.—

Trop.:

neque dum exarui ex amoenis rebus et voluptariis,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 46:

sic omnis fetus repressus, exustusque flos siti veteris ubertatis exaruit,

Cic. Brut. 4, 16:

cum vetustate exaruit opinio,

dried up, extinguished, id. Tusc. 3, 31, 75; cf.:

vetus urbanitas,

id. Fam. 7, 31:

facultas orationis,

id. ib. 9, 18, 3.

maltha, ae, f., = maltha, a kind of thick, fatty petroleum from Samosata, fossil tar, the flame of which could be extinguished only with earth, Plin. 2, 104, 108, § 235.—

Transf., a kind of varnish or cement made of slaked lime and hog's fat: maltha e calce fit recenti; gleba vino restinguitur: mox tunditur cum adipe suillo et ficu, Plin. 36, 24, 38, § 181; Pall. 1, 41.—

Trop., an effeminate person, Lucil. ap. Non. 37, 9.

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.