proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Maenalus
Maenalus m sg (genitive Maenalī)
Classical[ˈmae̯.na.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmɛː.na.lus]
Meaning
- masculinesingularA range of mountains of Arcadia
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Maenalus | — |
| genitive | Maenalī | — |
| dative | Maenalō | — |
| accusative | Maenalum | — |
| ablative | Maenalō | — |
| vocative | Maenale | — |
Maenălus or -os, i, m., and Mae-năla, ōrum, n., = Μαίναλον,
I. a range of mountains in Arcadia, extending from Megalopolis to Tegea, and sacred to Pan; nom. Maenalus, Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21; Verg. E. 8, 22:
Maenalos, Ov. F. 5, 89: Maenala, Verg. E. 10, 55; id. G. 1, 17; Ov. M. 1, 216; acc. Maenalon, id. ib. 2, 415; 442. —Hence, A. Maenălĭus, a, um, adj., = Μαινάλιος, of or belonging to Mænalus, Mænalian:
nemus, Stat. Th. 9, 719: ferae, that dwell on the Mænalus, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14: canis, a hound bred there, id. A. A. 1, 272: pater, i. e. Bacchus (whose orgies were celebrated on Mount Mænalus), Col. 10, 429: ramus, the club of Hercules, consisting of the branch of a tree broken off on this mountain, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 15.—2. Also transf. (poet.), Arcadian:
incipe Maenalios mecum, mea tibia, versus, i. e. shepherd songs, such as were used in Arcadia, Verg. E. 8, 31: deus, i. e. Pan, Ov. F. 4, 650: ales, i. e. Mercury, who was born in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 7, 65.—B. Maenălĭdes, ae, m., = Μαιναλίδης, the Mænalide, i. e. Pan, to whom the Mænalus was sacred:
Maenalide Pan, Aus. Idyll. 12, 8.—C. Maenă-lis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Μαιναλίς, of or belonging to the Mænalus:
ursa, i. e. Callisto, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 8: ora, i. e. Arcadia, id. F. 3, 84.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Maenalus (-os) ī, m (V., O.), and Maenala, ōrum, n
(V.), Μαίναλον, a range of mountains in Arcadia, sacred to Pan.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαίναλον (Maínalon).