Menapii

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Mĕnăpĭi, ōrum, m. plur. (Mĕnapis for Menapiis, Mart. 13, 54),

I a people of Belgic Gaul, between the Meuse and the Scheldt , Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 9; 4, 4, 2; Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 106; Tac. H. 4, 28; Inscr. Orell. 749.— Hence,

A Mĕnăpĭa , ae, f., the chief town of the Menapii , Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.—

B Mĕnăpĭcus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the Menapii , Edict. Diocl. p. 14.

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