Maeander

Maeander (Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = Μαιανδρος,

• a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999: Maeandros, Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55: Maeandrus, Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13: Maeandron, Luc. 3, 208: more Maeandri, i.e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—
• • • 2 Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
  • B Transf. (from the windings of the Maeander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
  • • 1 A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.: quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti? Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm.30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683: in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris, Gell. 16, 8, 17: Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc., Amm.30, 1: Mĕandros, Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—
    • 2 In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings: victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit, Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,
• II
• • A Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = Μαιάνδριος.
  • • 1 Of or belonging to Maeander, Maeandrian: juvenis Maeandrius, i.e. Caunus, the grandson of Maeander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
    • 2 Of or belonging to the river Maeander, Maeandrian: unda, Prop. 3, 32, 35: flumina, Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
  • B Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Maeandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.): fluxus, Tert. Pall. 4 med.—*
  • C Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Maeander, Maeandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).

Maeander — Maeander (Ionia), Pleiades 599777

Maeander, drī, m. u. Maeandros (u. -us), drī, m. (Μαίανδρος), I) ein Fluß in Ionien und Phrygien, der bei Milet ins Ikarische Meer fließt, berühmt wegen seiner vielen Krümmungen, der Sage nach Vater der Cyane, die den Kaunus u. die Byblis gebar, j. Meinder, Form -der, Liv. 38, 13, 6 sq. u.a.: Form -dros, Ov. met. 2, 246 u.a.: Form -drus, Sil. 7, 139: Vok. Maeandre, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 268. – more Maeandri, mit Krümmungen, in krummen Linien, Colum. 8, 17, 11. – II) appellat., jede Krümmung, Windung, a) eine Krümmung des Weges, ein Umweg, Cic. Pis. 53. Amm. 30, 1, 12. Prud. cath. 6, 142 (wo Meandros): dialecticae gyri atque Maeandri, Gell. 16, 8, 17. – b) in der Stickerei, bes. die künstlich ineinander verschlungenen Purpureinfassungen an den Gewändern der Alten, Verg. Aen. 5, 251. – Dav.: a) Maeandrātus, a, um, voll Krümmungen, Varro sat. Men. 534. – b) Maeandricus, a, um, mäandrisch, Tert. de pall. 4 zw. (Oehler Menandrico). – c) Maeandrius, a, um (Μαιάνδριος), mäandrisch, unda, Prop.: iuvenis, Kaunus, Mäanders Enkel, Ov.

Maeander [CL < Μαίανδρος], ~dra, ~drum 1 (proper name) a river in Asia Minor; b (otherwise expl. in gl.). ~er, proprium nomen fluvii, vel flexuositas, vel quelibet deceptio Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 362.  b ~rum, nomen montis Gl. Leid. 4. 36; ~rum, locum vel stagnum Ib. 35. 252; hoc ~rum, A. a stynkyng pytt WW. 2 a winding course of a river, meander. b a winding, flexuosity (in general); c winding or wavy border of garment. d winding track (in quot., w. allusion to 3b infra). a meo, -as ‥ inde ‥ hic ~er, -ri, i. flexuostitas cujuslibet amnis, quod etiam [etc., 3b infra] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 341; Sinnenus ‥ multis variisque ~ris in oceanum tandem mergitur borealem Gir. TH I 7 p. 31; a crukynge of þe water, meandir CathA.  b ~er ‥, flexuositas Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 362 (v. 1a supra); porticus hanc [sc. regiam] ternis ambit ter dena meandris (Vers.) Gosc. Edith 89.  c meadro, bordan [? cf. Verg. Aen. V 251] GlC M 155a.  d serpens ille [i. e. the Devil], / qui meandris serpit mille Walt. Wimb. Virgo 54. 3 (fig.): a (pl.) intricacies (of a subject). b ruse, wile, deceit. a ne ‥ in illis diale[c]tice giris atque meandris ‥ consenescas Gir. GE II 37 p. 351 (= Aul. Gell. XVI 8. 17); sic enim oportet cavere fideles hunc tortuosum serpentem fallere conatum mille per ~os Netter DAF II f. 88rb.  b crucis et trophaeum / daemonum vafros abigat meandros / sive rapinas Alcuin Carm. 121. 11. 3; ~er ‥ etiam quandoque generaliter pro qualibet deceptione ponitur, unde Prudentius in libro hymnorum [Prudent. Cath. 6. 141–2, 144] ‘o tortuose serpens, / qui mille per mĕandros / agitas quieta corda’ Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 341 (cf. R. Cold. Cuthb. 63: o serpens tortuose, qui mille per ~ros miseros decipiendo precipitas; J. Furness Walth. 66: mille per ~ros); quantum ad congregandum peccuniam, sunt mille ~ri per dyabolum machinati Wycl. Sim. 73; deceyt or begylyng, fraus ‥ decepcio ‥ ~er PP; heu ‥ quod non didici mille ~ras mulierum cum dissolutus eram Wager f. 41a.

Mæander (13) Liv. 38, 13, 6, -drus Sil. 7, 139 ou -drŏs, ī, m. , Ov. M. 2, 246 (Μαίανδρος), ¶ 1 Méandre [fleuve de cours sinueux] ¶ 2 [fig.] tours, détours : Cic. Pis. 53 ; Amm. 30, 1, 12 ; dialecticæ Mæandri Gell. 16, 8, 17, les méandres de la dialectique || bordure circulaire, bande qui serpente : Virg. En. 5, 251 ; cf. Non. 140 ; P. Fest. 136.

maeander vel maeandrus vel maeandros, i. m.
多繞之河名。Maeandri. plur. 詭弊。計謀。

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Maeander or Maeandros drī, m

• , Μαίανδρος, a river of Ionia and Phrygia, famous for its winding course, C., L., O.—A crooked way, winding, maze: quos tu Maeandros quaesisti?—In embroidery, a winding border, V.

MAEANDER

MAEANDER (Μαίανδρος: Meinder or Boyuk Meinder), a celebrated river in Asia Minor, has its sources not far from Celaenae in Phrygia (Xenoph. Anab. 1.2.7), where it gushed forth in a park of Cyrus. According to some (Strab. 12. p. 578; Maxim. Tyr. 8.38) its sources were the same as those of the river Marsyas; but this is irreconcilable with Xenophon, according to whom the sources of the two rivers were only near each other, the Marsyas rising in a royal palace. Others, again, as Pliny (Plin. Nat. 5.31), Solinus (Solin. 40.7), and Martianus Capella (6. p. 221), state that the Maeander flowed out of a lake on Mount Aulocrene. Col. Leake (Asia Minor, p. 158, &c.) reconciles all these apparently different statements by the remark that both the Maeander and the Marsyas have their origin in the lake on Mount Aulocrene, above Celaenae, but that they issue at different parts of the mountain below the lake. The Maeander was so celebrated in antiquity for its numerous windings, that its name became, and still is, proverbial. (Hom. Il. 2.869; Hesiod, Hes. Th. 339; Hdt. 7.26, 30Strab. 12. p. 577; Paus. 8.41.3; Ov. Met. 8.162, &c.; Liv. 38.13; Senec. Herc. Fur. 683, &c., Phoen. 605.) Its whole course has a south-western direction on the south of the range of Mount Messogis. In the south of Tripolis it receives the waters of the Lycus, whereby it becomes a river of some importance. Near Carura it passes from Phrygia into Caria, where it flows in its tortuous course through the Maeandrian plain (comp. Strab. 14. p. 648, 15. p. 691), and finally discharges itself in the Icarian sea, between Priene and Myus, opposite to Miletus, from which its mouth is only 10 stadia distant. (Plin. l. c.;Paus. 2.5.2.) The tributaries of the Maeander are the ORGYAS, MARSYAS, CLUDRUS, LETHAEUS, and GAESON, in the north; and the OBRIMAS, LYCUS, HARPASUS, and a second MARSYAS in the south. The Maeander is everywhere a very deep river (Nic. Chonat. p. 125; Liv. l. c.), but not very broad, so that in many parts its depth equals its breadth. As moreover it carried in its waters a great quantity of mud, it was navigable only for small craft. (Strab. 12. p. 579, 14. p. 636.) It frequently overflowed its banks; and, in consequence of the quantity of its deposits at its mouth, the coast has been pushed about 20 or 30 stadia further into the sea, so that several small islands off the coast have become united with the mainland. (Paus. 8.24.5; Thucyd. 8.17.) There was a story about a subterraneous connection between the Maeander and the Alpheius in Elis. (Paus. il. 5.2; comp. Hamilton, Researches, vol. 1. p. 525, foll., 2. p. 161, foll.)

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MAEANDER

MAEANDER (ὁ Μαίανδρος, Ptol. 7.2. § § 8, 10, 11), a chain of mountains in Eastern India, comprehended, according to Ptolemy's subdivision, in the part called by him India extra Gangem. They may be best considered as an outlying spur from the Bepyrrhus M. (now Jarrow), extending in a southerly direction between the Ganges and the Doanas towards the sea coast. Their present name seems to be Muin-Mura.

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Maeander

(Μαίανδρος). A river in Asia Minor, proverbial for its wanderings, rising in the south of Phrygia, close to the source of the Marsyas, flowing between Lydia and Caria, of which it forms the boundary, and at last falling into the Icarian Sea between Myus and Priené. Its chief tributaries are the Marsyas, Cludrus, Lethaeus, and Gaeson on the right (northern) side; and the Obrimas, Lycus , Harpasus, and a second Marsyas on the left (southern) side. In its course it was said to describe the Greek letters ε, ζ, ξ, ς, and ω; and from it Daedalus was imagined to have received the idea of his famous Labyrinth. (See Herod. ii. 29; Verg. Aen. v. 254; Lucan, v. 208; vi. 471; Ovid, Met. viii. 105; Mela, i. 17.) As a god, Maeander is described as the father of the nymph Cyané, who was the mother of Caunus. Hence the latter is called by Ovid, Maeandrius iuvenis.

Maeander Maeander, a river between Lydia and Caria

• Paus. 2.5.3, Paus. 2.7.9, Paus. 7.2.11, Paus. 10.32.13
• supposed to be source of Phliasian Asopus: Paus. 2.5.3
• its windings: Hdt. 2.29; Paus. 8.41.3
• source at Celaenae: Hdt. 7.26
• alluvial soil brought down by: Paus. 7.2.11, Paus. 8.24.11
• its fish: Paus. 4.34.1
• its tamarisks: Paus. 5.14.3
• spring of boiling water in: Paus. 8.7.3
• Athenians sail up Maeander: Paus. 1.29.7
• daughter of: Paus. 7.4.1
• crossed by Xerxes: Hdt. 7.30