Maevius

Maevĭus, i, m., and Maevĭa, ae, f.,

• Roman proper names.
• • A Maevius.
  • • 1 A secretary of Verres, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 75, § 175. —
    • 2 A wretched poet, contemporary with Virgil, Verg. E. 3, 90; Hor. Epod. 10, 2.—
  • B Maevia, a woman, Dig. 31, 4, 87.—Hence,
• II Maevĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Maevius, Maevian: fundus, Dig. 34, 5, 1: hereditas, ib. 31, 1, 76 init.

Maevius, iī, m. u. Maevia, ae, f., röm. Eigenname, unter dem bes. bekannt sind I) Maevius, ein schlechter Dichter zu Vergils Zeit, Verg. ecl. 3, 90. Hor. epod. 10, 2. – II) Maevia, eine Frau, Papin. dig. 31, 4, 87. – Dav. Maeviānus, a, um, mävianisch, fundus, hereditas, ICt.

Mævĭus, (14) ĭī, m. , nom dʼun mauvais poète du temps de Virgile : Virg. B. 3, 90 ; Hor. Epo. 10, 2 || autre du même nom : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 175.

Mae'vius

1. The envious poetaster of the Augustan age, is spoken of under Bavius.

Mae'vius Works about Poems

2. A person, who killed his brother in the civil war, and thus has become the subject of two beautiful elegiac poems. Editions

These are printed in the Latin Anthology (2.131, 132. ed. Burmann, or Ep. 820, 821, ed. Meyer), and by Wernsdorf (Poet. Lat. Min. vol. iii. pp. 199, &c.).

Maevius

or Mevius. See Bavius; Vergilius.