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  • 1 ambitiōsus

        ambitiōsus adj. with comp.    [ambitio], surrounding, encompassing, entwining: lascivis hederis ambitiosior, H.—Fig., ambitious, conciliatory, eager for honor, solicitous of favor: pro nato mater, O.: in Graecos: malis artibus, Ta.: ita ambitiosus ut omnīs salutet: rogationes: mors, ostentatious, Ta.: ornamenta, excessive, H.—Competed for, sought in rivalry: honor, O.
    * * *
    ambitiosa -um, ambitiosior -or -us, ambitiosissimus -a -um ADJ
    ambitious, eager to please/for advancement/favor; showy; winding, twisting

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  • 2 contortiō

        contortiō ōnis, f    [com-+TARC-], a whirling: dexterae, Her. — Intricacy, complication: contortiones orationis.
    * * *
    action of twisting/whirling/flinging around, twirling/swinging; intertwining; involving; intricacy/complication; (w/orationis) involved expression

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  • 3 ē-vertō or ēvortō

        ē-vertō or ēvortō tī, sus, ere,    to overturn, upturn, turn upside down: navem: aequora ventis, V.: aquas, O.: eversas cervicīs tuas abstine, refrain from twisting your neck, T.—To overturn, overthrow, upset, throw down: bustum in foro: statuam: pinum, V.: tecta in dominum, O.—To turn out, drive out, expel, eject: pupillum fortunis patriis: hunc funditus bonis.—To overthrow, subvert, destroy: urbīs: castellum, H.—Fig., to overthrow, ruin, subvert, destroy, abolish: provincias: leges Caesaris: testamenta, iura: everso succurrere saeclo, V.: disciplinam, L.: spem, O.: Crassos, Pompeios, ruin, Iu.

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  • 4 tormentum

        tormentum ī, n    [TARC-], an engine for hurling: tormentis Mutinam verberavit: tormenta, arma, omnis apparatus belli, L.: telum tormento missum, Cs.— A twisted cord, sling: praesectis mulierum crinibus tormenta effecerunt, Cs.— A missile, shot: quod genus tegumenti nullo telo neque tormento transici posse, Cs.: tormenta e navibus procul excussa, Cu.— An instrument of torture, rack: verberibus ac tormentis quaestionem habere.—Fig., torture, anguish, pain, torment: iracundiae tormenta: Invidiā Siculi non invenere tyranni Maius tormentum, H.: animi tormenta latentis in aegro Corpore, Iu.: Tu lene tormentum ingenio admoves, gentle compulsion, H.
    * * *
    windlass; instrument for twisting/winding; engine for hurling stones; missle; rack; any torture device; tension, pressure; torture, torment

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  • 5 tortuōsus

        tortuōsus adj.    [2 tortus], full of crooks, coiled, winding, tortuous: alvus: amnis, L.—Fig., entangled, involved, complicated, confused: genus disputandi: visa quaedam tortuosa et obscura.
    * * *
    tortuosa, tortuosum ADJ
    twisting, tortuous

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  • 6 tortus

        tortus ūs, m    [TARC-], a twisting, winding coil: tortu multiplicabili Draco, C. poët.—Poet.: serpens longos dat corpore tortūs, V.

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  • 7 volūbilis

        volūbilis e, adj.    [3 VOL-], that is turned round, turning, spinning, whirling, circling, rolling, revolving: buxum, i. e. a top, V.: caelum: nexus (anguis), O.: deus: (amnis) in omne volubilis aevum, H.: aurum, i. e. the golden apple, O. —Fig., of speech, rapid, fluent, voluble: Appi oratio: homo.—Changeable, fickle: fortuna.
    * * *
    volubilis, volubile ADJ
    winding, twisting

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  • 8 capreolatim

    like twisted tendrils; in a winding/twisting manner

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  • 9 conversus

    I
    conversa, conversum ADJ
    upside down; inverted; turned backward; recurved; facing in a specified directio
    II
    convert; one who has changed
    III
    turning, twisting around

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  • 10 torsio

    wringing; twisting

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  • 11 conversus

    1.
    conversus, a, um, Part. of converro.
    2.
    conversus, a, um, Part. of converto.
    3.
    conversus, ūs, m. [converto], a turning or twisting round, Macr. S. 7, 9, § 4.

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  • 12 intorqueo

    in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mentum in dicendo,

    to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

    oculos,

    Verg. G. 4, 451:

    caulem,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

    involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

    cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

    Lucr. 6, 124:

    ipsi palmites intorquentur,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

    hastam tergo,

    to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

    jaculum alicui,

    to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 381:

    saxum,

    Sil. 7, 623:

    telum in hostem,

    Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —
    B.
    To throw into confusion:

    orationem,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

    mores,

    to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—
    III.
    Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

    alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

    vocem diram,

    Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

    spirae modo,

    Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

    intorto circa bracchium pallio,

    wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

    paludamentum,

    wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

    angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

    entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

    capilli,

    curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

    sonus concisus, intortus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

    noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

    App. Flor. 13:

    rudentes,

    twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

    funes,

    Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

    intortius,

    Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

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  • 13 intorte

    in-torquĕo, torsi, tortum, 2, v. a., to twist, turn round, turn to; to wrench, sprain (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mentum in dicendo,

    to distort, Cic. de Or. 2, 66:

    oculos,

    Verg. G. 4, 451:

    caulem,

    Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 114: talum, to sprain, Auct. B. Hisp. 38: vereor, ne Pompeio quid oneris imponam, mê moi Gorgeiên kephalên deinoio pelôrou intorqueat, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 3.— Pass. or with se, to twist or wrap itself:

    involvulus, quae in pampini folio intorta implicat se,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 64:

    cum subito... procella nubibus intorsit sese,

    Lucr. 6, 124:

    ipsi palmites intorquentur,

    Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 183. —
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To brandish, hurl, or throw towards:

    hastam tergo,

    to launch at its back, Verg. A. 2, 231:

    jaculum alicui,

    to hurl against one, id. ib. 10, 322; Ov. M. 5, 90; Sil. 1, 304:

    telum,

    Verg. A. 10, 381:

    saxum,

    Sil. 7, 623:

    telum in hostem,

    Verg. A. 10, 882; Sen. Ep. 45. —
    B.
    To throw into confusion:

    orationem,

    Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 65; cf.

    mores,

    to corrupt, pervert, Pers. 5, 38.—
    III.
    Trop., to cast upon, throw out against:

    alternis versibus intorquentur inter fratres gravissimae contumeliae,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 36, 77:

    vocem diram,

    Sil. 11, 342.— Hence, intortus, a, um, P. a., twisted, wound; crisped, curled; trailed, prolonged; perplexed, involved; distorted, corrupted:

    spirae modo,

    Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 91:

    intorto circa bracchium pallio,

    wound about my arm, Petr. 80:

    paludamentum,

    wrapped round, Liv. 25, 16:

    angues intorti capillis Eumenidum,

    entwined, Hor. C. 2, 13, 35:

    capilli,

    curled, Mart. 8, 33; Sil. 3, 284:

    sonus concisus, intortus,

    Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 82:

    noctuae intorto carmine occinunt,

    App. Flor. 13:

    rudentes,

    twisted, made by twisting, Cat. 64, 235:

    funes,

    Ov. M. 3, 679 al. — Adv.: intortē, windingly, crookedly:

    intortius,

    Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.— Transf.: hoc dicere, August. de Nat. et Grat. 49.

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  • 14 ligatura

    lĭgātūra, ae, f. [id.], a band, ligature (post-class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ligatura in vitibus,

    Pall. 1, 6, 11.—
    B.
    In partic., an amulet (bound about one), Aug. in Joann. 7; cf. Isid. Orig. 8, 9.—
    C.
    A bunch, cluster:

    duas ligaturas uvae passae,

    Vulg. 1 Reg. 30, 12.— —
    II.
    Transf., a twisting or twining of the body in wrestling:

    ligaturis corporis certant,

    Ambros. Enarrat. in Psa. 36, § 55.

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  • 15 Maeander

    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.—
    2.
    Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
    B.
    Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    II. A.
    Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

    juvenis Maeandrius,

    i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
    2.
    Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

    unda,

    Prop. 3, 32, 35:

    flumina,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
    B.
    Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    fluxus,

    Tert. Pall. 4 med. —
    * C.
    Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

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  • 16 Maeandratus

    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.—
    2.
    Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
    B.
    Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    II. A.
    Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

    juvenis Maeandrius,

    i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
    2.
    Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

    unda,

    Prop. 3, 32, 35:

    flumina,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
    B.
    Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    fluxus,

    Tert. Pall. 4 med. —
    * C.
    Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

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  • 17 Maeandricus

    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.—
    2.
    Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
    B.
    Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    II. A.
    Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

    juvenis Maeandrius,

    i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
    2.
    Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

    unda,

    Prop. 3, 32, 35:

    flumina,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
    B.
    Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    fluxus,

    Tert. Pall. 4 med. —
    * C.
    Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

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  • 18 Maeandrius

    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.—
    2.
    Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
    B.
    Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    II. A.
    Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

    juvenis Maeandrius,

    i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
    2.
    Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

    unda,

    Prop. 3, 32, 35:

    flumina,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
    B.
    Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    fluxus,

    Tert. Pall. 4 med. —
    * C.
    Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

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  • 19 Maeandros

    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.—
    2.
    Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
    B.
    Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    II. A.
    Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

    juvenis Maeandrius,

    i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
    2.
    Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

    unda,

    Prop. 3, 32, 35:

    flumina,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
    B.
    Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    fluxus,

    Tert. Pall. 4 med. —
    * C.
    Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

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  • 20 Maeandrus

    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.—
    2.
    Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
    B.
    Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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,
    II. A.
    Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Maiandrios.
    1.
    Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:

    juvenis Maeandrius,

    i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
    2.
    Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:

    unda,

    Prop. 3, 32, 35:

    flumina,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
    B.
    Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):

    fluxus,

    Tert. Pall. 4 med. —
    * C.
    Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

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