Ăthēnaeus, a, um, adj., = Ἀθηναῖος.
I Pertaining to the city of Athens , Athenian , of Athens : Athenaeis in moenibus, Lucr. 6, 749; Plin. 1 in indic. l ib. 8, 11, and 12 al.—
II Of or pertaining to Athene ( Minerva ): Ăthēnaeum , i, n., = Ἀθήναιον, a temple of Minerva at Athens , in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works (as the Rom. poets in the temple of Apollo at Rome; cf. aedes, I.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 35; a similar building for the same object , built by the emperor Adrian at Rome , Aur. Vict. Caes. 14.