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† maena (mēna), ae, f., = μαίνη, a kind of small sea-fish, eaten salted by the poor, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 149; Ov. Hal. 120; Mart. 11, 31, 14; 12, 32, 15; Pers. 3, 76: acipenserem maenae non anteponere, Cic. Fin. 2, 28, 91.
As a term of reproach: deglupta maena, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 33.

1. mēna, ae, v. maena.

2. Mēna, ae, f. [μήν], daughter of Jupiter, the goddess who presided over the physical condition of women, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 11; 7, 2.

‡ 3. Mena, ae, m., a Roman surname, Inscr. Grut. 241, col. 2.

Mĕnaechmi, ōrum, m., = Μέναιχμοι, a comedy of Plautus, so called from the two twin brothers of this name, the leading characters.

Mĕnaenĭus or Mĕnaenus, a, um, adj., of or from Menæ (Μέναι), a city of Sicily, now Mineo: Xenon Menaenus, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 22, § 55.
In plur.: Mĕnaeni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Menæ, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 102; also written Mĕ-nanīni, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.

1. Mĕnaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Menæ, in Sicily: comitata Menaeis (viris), Sil. 14, 266.

† 2. mēnaeus, i, m., = μηναῖος, monthly; subst. (sc. circulus), a monthly circle (al. manacus), Vitr. 9, 8.

Mĕnalcas, ae, m., the name of a shepherd, Verg. E. 5, 4; 2, 15.

Mĕnălippē (Mĕnălippa, Mĕlă-nippē), ēs, f., = Μεναλίππη,

  1. I. a sister of Antiope queen of the Amazons, taken prisoner by Hercules, Just. 2, 4, 23; Hyg. Fab. 186.
  2. II. A tragedy of Attius, Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; and of Ennius, Gell. 5, 11, 2; cf. Juv. 8, 229.

Mĕnălippus (orig. form Mĕlănip-pus), i, m., = Μελάνιππος, the slayer of Tydeus, who, while dying, bit the head of Menalippus, Stat. Th. 8, 719; 740.
The form Melanippus is found as the name of a tragedy of Attius, Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 20.

(Menalĭus, a false reading in Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 55; v. Creuz. ad loc.)

Mĕnander or Mĕnandros (-us; Gr.

  1. I. gen. Menandru, acc. to Μενάνδρου, Ter. Eun., Heaut., and Ad.), i, m., = Μένανδρος, a celebrated Greek comic poet, whom Terence took as his model, Cic. Fin. 1, 2, 4; Ter. And. prol. 9; Prop. 3, 21, 28: nobilis comoediis, Phaedr. 5, 1, 9; Amm. 21, 4, 4.
    Form Menandros, Ov. Am. 1, 15, 18: also Menandrus, Vell. 1, 16, 3.
  2. II. A slave of Cicero, Cic. Fam. 16, 13.
  3. III. A freedman of T. Ampius Balbus, Cic. Fam. 13, 70.
    Hence,
    1. A. Mĕnandrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the poet Menander, Menandrian, Prop. 2, 5 (6), 3.
    2. B. Mĕnandrĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: fluxus, Tert. Pall. 4.

Mĕnanīni, v. Menaenius fin.

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

  1. A. Mĕnăpĭa, ae, f., the chief town of the Menapii, Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.
  2. B. Mĕnăpĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to the Menapii, Edict. Diocl. p. 14.

Mēnas, ae, m., = Μηνᾶς, a freedman of Sextus Pompeius, his lieutenant and commander of the pirate-fleet, which, with the hope of greater gain, he traitorously delivered up to Augustus, Vell. 2, 73; 77; Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 200.