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  • 1 Maeander or Maeandros

        Maeander or Maeandros drī, m, Μαίανδροσ, a river of Ionia and Phrygia, famous for its winding course, C., L., O.—A crooked way, winding, maze: quos tu Maeandros quaesisti?—In embroidery, a winding border, V.

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  • 2 anfractum

    1.
    anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo], winding, bending, cooked:

    spatia,

    Amm. 29, 5.—Hence, subst.: anfractum, i, n., a winding, a crook, curve (ante-class. for the class. anfractus, us): terrarum anfracta, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.): in anfracto, Varr. ib.: cavata aurium anfracta, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 5.
    2.
    anfractus (not amfr-), ūs, m. [id.], pr. a breaking round; hence, a bending, recurving, turning (in the ante-class. per. rare; v. the preced. art.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid pulchrius eā figurā (sc. sphaericā) quae nihil incisum anfractibus, nihil eminens, habere potest?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47.—Hence, of the circular motion of the sun (acc. to the ancient belief):

    solis anfractus,

    a circuit, revolution, Cic. Rep. 6, 12; cf. id. Leg. 2, 8.—Of the crookedness of horns:

    cornua convoluta in anfractum,

    Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124.—Of the coils of a serpent, Val. Fl. 7, 523; Stat. Th. 5, 520.—Also freq., particularly in the histt., of the turning or winding of a road, etc., a tortuous, circuitous route:

    si nullus anfractus intercederet,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    illa (via) altero tanto longiorem habebat anfractum,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 5:

    per anfractus jugi procurrere,

    Liv. 44, 4:

    anfractus viarum,

    id. 33, 1:

    litorum anfractus,

    the windings, id. 38, 7 al.; Luc. 1, 605. —
    II.
    Trop., of discourse, = ambages, circumlocution, digression:

    quid opus est circuitione et anfractu?

    Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127:

    oratio circumscripta non longo anfractu, sed ad spiritum vocis apto,

    id. Part. Or. 6, 21:

    quae omnia infinitus anfractus habent,

    ramifications, Quint. 6, 1, 15, where Bonn. and Halm read tractatus. —Of legal matters, intricacies, prolixity:

    judiciorum,

    Cic. Clu. 56, 159:

    juris,

    Quint. 12, 9, 3.

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  • 3 anfractus

    1.
    anfractus (not amfr-), a, um, P. a. [qs. from anfringo], winding, bending, cooked:

    spatia,

    Amm. 29, 5.—Hence, subst.: anfractum, i, n., a winding, a crook, curve (ante-class. for the class. anfractus, us): terrarum anfracta, Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 15 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 151 Rib.): in anfracto, Varr. ib.: cavata aurium anfracta, Varr. ap. Non. p. 193, 5.
    2.
    anfractus (not amfr-), ūs, m. [id.], pr. a breaking round; hence, a bending, recurving, turning (in the ante-class. per. rare; v. the preced. art.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quid pulchrius eā figurā (sc. sphaericā) quae nihil incisum anfractibus, nihil eminens, habere potest?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 18, 47.—Hence, of the circular motion of the sun (acc. to the ancient belief):

    solis anfractus,

    a circuit, revolution, Cic. Rep. 6, 12; cf. id. Leg. 2, 8.—Of the crookedness of horns:

    cornua convoluta in anfractum,

    Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124.—Of the coils of a serpent, Val. Fl. 7, 523; Stat. Th. 5, 520.—Also freq., particularly in the histt., of the turning or winding of a road, etc., a tortuous, circuitous route:

    si nullus anfractus intercederet,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 46:

    illa (via) altero tanto longiorem habebat anfractum,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 5:

    per anfractus jugi procurrere,

    Liv. 44, 4:

    anfractus viarum,

    id. 33, 1:

    litorum anfractus,

    the windings, id. 38, 7 al.; Luc. 1, 605. —
    II.
    Trop., of discourse, = ambages, circumlocution, digression:

    quid opus est circuitione et anfractu?

    Cic. Div. 2, 61, 127:

    oratio circumscripta non longo anfractu, sed ad spiritum vocis apto,

    id. Part. Or. 6, 21:

    quae omnia infinitus anfractus habent,

    ramifications, Quint. 6, 1, 15, where Bonn. and Halm read tractatus. —Of legal matters, intricacies, prolixity:

    judiciorum,

    Cic. Clu. 56, 159:

    juris,

    Quint. 12, 9, 3.

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  • 4 error

        error ōris, m    [cf. 1 erro], a wandering, straying, strolling: ad quos Ceres in illo errore venisse dicitur: civium: dic Errores tuos, V.: finem rogant erroris, O.: pelagi erroribus actus, V.— A going astray, missing the way: iumenta errore delata per quattuor stadia, Cu.: (iaculum) detulit error in Idan, O.— A winding, meandering, maze, intricacy: fessae erroribus undae, O.: flexus, O. —Fig., a doubt, uncertainty, ambiguity: nominum, L.: errores abstulit illa meos, O.: viarum, ignorance, L.: Graiarum iubarum, confusion, V. — A going astray, going wrong, error, mistake, delusion: mentis: rapi in errorem: errorem tollere: cui demptus per vim mentis error, H.: pro errore venia, Ta.: me malus abstulit error, infatuation, V.: quoniam novus incidit error, Pr.: aliquis latet error, snare, V.—Person., delusion, O.
    * * *
    wandering; error; winding, maze; uncertainty; deception

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  • 5 flexuōsus

        flexuōsus adj.    [2 flexus], full of turns, winding, tortuous, crooked: iter habere.
    * * *
    flexuosa -um, flexuosior -or -us, flexuosissimus -a -um ADJ
    curved; with many curves in it, full of bends/turns; winding/sinuous/tortuous

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  • 6 flexus

        flexus adj.    [P. of flecto], bent, winding: lacerti, O.: error, O.
    * * *
    turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point

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  • 7 flexus

        flexus ūs, m    [FALC-], a bending, turn, winding, curve: aures habent introitūs multis cum flexibus: cervicis, O.: inplicatae flexibus viae, L.: tardis flexibus errare, V.: pati flexūs (i. e. flecti), O.: uno flexu dextros (equos) agunt, Ta.—Fig., a transition, change, crisis: rerum p.: aetatis.
    * * *
    turning, winding; swerve; bend; turning point

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  • 8 glomus

        glomus eris, n    [GLOB-], a clew, ball made by winding: lanae, H.
    * * *
    ball-shaped mass; ball made by winding, ball of thread, skein

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  • 9 sinuōsus

        sinuōsus adj.    [sinus], full of curves, full of folds, bent, winding, curved, sinuous, serpentine: flexu sinuoso, V.: volumina (serpentis), V.: arcus, O.: vestis, O.
    * * *
    sinuosa, sinuosum ADJ
    characterized by bending, winding; sinuous; full of folds/recesses

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  • 10 flexus

    1.
    flexus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from flecto.
    2.
    flexus, ūs, m. [flecto], a bending, turning, winding (class.; in sing. and plur.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aures duros et quasi corneolos habent introitus, multisque cum flexibus,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144; cf. Quint. 6, 13, 9:

    ut qui cursu parum valent, flexu eludunt,

    id. 9, 2, 78:

    cum venissem ad pontem, in quo flexus est ad iter Arpinas,

    Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1; cf.:

    in aliquo flexu viae,

    Liv. 22, 12, 7:

    implicatae flexibus vallium viae,

    id. 32, 4, 4:

    Rhenus modico flexu in occidentem versus,

    Tac. G. 1:

    flexu Armeniam petivit,

    id. A. 12, 12:

    alio flexu reduci ad viam,

    Quint. 2, 17, 29:

    (quo pacto sol) Brumales adeat flexus,

    Lucr. 5, 616:

    brumales,

    id. 5, 640:

    metae,

    the turn round the goal, Pers. 3, 63:

    labyrinthei,

    the mazes, Cat. 64, 114:

    capilli dociles et centum flexibus apti,

    Ov. Am. 1, 14, 13: in litore flexus Mecybernaeus, the bay or gulf, Mela, 2, 3 init.; cf. id. 3, 1.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., a turning, transition into another state, political change:

    id enim est caput civilis prudentiae, videre itinera flexusque rerum publicarum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 25, 46:

    in hoc flexu quasi aetatis fama adolescentis paululum haesit ad metas (the figure taken from the turning of the racers on reaching the goal),

    id. Cael. 31, 75; cf.:

    si infinitus forensium rerum labor decursu honorum et jam aetatis flexu constitisset, i. e. senectus,

    id. de Or. 1, 1, 1:

    flexu auctumni (= post medium tempus auctumni, trop. from turning the meta in the Circus),

    Tac. H. 5, 23; v. Orell. ad h. 1.—
    B.
    In partic. (post-Aug.).
    1.
    An artful turning, winding, shifting:

    inde recta fere est actio, hinc mille flexus et artes desiderantur,

    Quint. 5, 13, 2:

    qui haec recta tantum, et in nullos flexus recedentia tractaverit,

    id. 10, 5, 12. —
    2.
    Of the voice, inflection, modulation, variation:

    citharoedi simul et sono vocis et plurimis flexibus serviunt,

    Quint. 1, 12, 3:

    quid quoque flexu dicendum,

    id. 1, 8, 1:

    qui flexus deceat miserationem,

    id. 1, 11, 12; 1, 8, 3.—
    3.
    In gram., inflection, variation, derivation (in Varro flexura, v. h. v.): quid vero? quae tota positionis ejusdem in diversos flexus eunt? cum Alba faciat Albanos et Albenses;

    volo, volui et volavi,

    Quint. 1, 6, 15.

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  • 11 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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  • 12 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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  • 13 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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  • 14 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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  • 15 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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  • 16 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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  • 17 agglomerō (ad-g-)

        agglomerō (ad-g-) —, —, āre,    to wind on, add by winding: se lateri nostro, attach themselves, V.: cuneis se, throng to the battalions, V.

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  • 18 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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  • 19 ascēnsus (adsc-)

        ascēnsus (adsc-) ūs, m    [ascendo], a climbing, ascent: primos prohibere ascensu, Cs.: difficilis, L.: mollioris ascensūs via, L.: fastigia Ascensu supero, V.—Fig., a rising: ad civitatem, to citizenship.—A way up, approach, ascent: agger ascensum dat Gallis, Cs.: arduus: in circuitu, i. e. winding, Cs.: riget Tmolus in ascensu, O.—Fig.: in virtute multi sunt ascensūs.

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  • 20 coclea

        coclea (cochlea), ae, f, κοχλίασ, a snail: inter saxa repentes, S.: Afra, H.
    * * *
    snail; (form of) a snail shell; spiral; screw (press/water); winding entrance

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