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 Maenalus, Maenalian : nemus, Stat. Th. 9, 719: ferae, that dwell on the Maenalus , 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 Maenalus), 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 Maenalide , i. e. Pan , to whom the Maenalus was sacred: Maenalide Pan, Aus. Idyll. 12, 8.—
C Maenă-lis , ĭdis, adj. f. , = Μαιναλίς, of or belonging to the Maenalus : ursa, i. e. Callisto , Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 8: ora, i. e. Arcadia , id. F. 3, 84.