Menenius

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

Mĕnēnĭus,

I name of a Roman gens. Its most celebrated member was Menenius Agrippa, who told the people the fable of the belly and the limbs , Liv. 2, 16, 7; 2, 32, 8; 2, 33, 10.— Another Menenius in the time of Horace, noted as a foolish person , Hor. S. 2, 3, 287.—

II Hence,

A Mĕnēnĭus , a, um, adj., Menenian : tribus, a Roman tribe , Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2.—

B Mĕnēnĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menenius, Menenian : judicium, i. e. of Menenius Agrippa , Liv. 2, 52, 8.