noun · femininefirst declension
maena
maena f (genitive maenae)
Classical[ˈmae̯.na]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.na]
Meaning
- femininea small sea fish
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
fēmina furēns, quae Bacchum colitMaenas -adis (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 22
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | maena | maenae |
| genitive | maenae | maenārum |
| dative | maenae | maenīs |
| accusative | maenam | maenās |
| ablative | maenā | maenīs |
| vocative | maena | maenae |
maena (mēna), ae, f., = μαίνη,
I. a kind of small sea-fish, eaten salted by the poor, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149; Ov. Hal. 120; Mart. 11, 31, 14; 12, 32, 15; Pers. 3, 76:
acipenserem maenae non anteponere, Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 91.—As a term of reproach: deglupta maena, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 33.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
maena (mēna) ae, f
, μαίνη, a small seafish (eaten salted by the poor).
Origins
From Ancient Greek μαίνη (maínē).