Methymna

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

Mēthymna, ae, f., = Μήθυμνα,

I a city in the island of Lesbos, famous as the birthplace of the poet Arion, and for its excellent wine , now Molivo , Mel. 2, 7, 4; Liv. 45, 31, 14: quot habet Methymna racemos, Ov. A. A. 1, 57.—Hence.

A Mēthymnaeus , a, um, adj., = Μηθυμναῖος, of or belonging to Methymna, Methymnean : Lesbos, Ov. M. 11, 55: Arion, of Methymna , Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67: merum, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 38: palmes, Verg. G. 2, 90.—In plur. subst. : Mēthymnaei , ōrum, m., the Methymneans , Curt. 4, 5, 19.—

B Mēthymnĭas , ădis, f. adj., Methymnian (poet.): Methymniades puellae, Ov. H. 15, 15.

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