Mezentius
Mēzentius, iī, m.: tyrant of Agylla or Caere, and ally of Latinus and Turnus, 7.648.
Mezentĭus (not Mezzent-, Mesdent-, Messent-, Mēdient-, or Mēdent-; cf. Rib. in Rhein. Mus. 1857, vol. 12, p. 418 sq.), i, m., a male proper name [of Oscan origin],
- a tyrant of Caere or Agylla, Liv. 1, 2; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. oscillum, p. 194 Müll.: contemptor divom Mezentius, Verg. A. 7, 648 sq.; cf. Macr. S. 3, 5; and Serv Verg. A. 1, 267; 7, 760; 9, 745.
Mezentius, iī, m. (wahrsch. urspr. oskisch Medentius), Herrscher der Etrusker in Cäre und Agylla, floh, wegen Grausamkeit aus seinem Reiche verjagt, zum Könige Turnus, mit dem er gegen Äneas kämpfte, Liv. 1, 2, 3. Verg. Aen. 7, 648 sqq. Fest. 194, 15. Vgl. Heyne Exc. III. ad Verg. Aen. 8. p. 287 sqq. Müller-Deecke Etrusker 1, 108 u. 343.
Mezentĭus, (11) ĭī, m. , Mézence [allié de Turnus contre Énée] : Liv. 1, 2, 3 ; Virg. En. 7, 648.
Mezentius
(Μεσέντιος) or Medientius. A king of Caeré in Etruria. He aided Turnus of Ardea against Aeneas, but was killed in battle by the latter or by his son Ascanius (Verg. Aen. viii. 480; x. 689Verg. Aen., 785, 800). Dionysius, however, relates that Mezentius finally concluded a peace with Ascanius and became his ally (Dionys.i. 64). Still another tradition states that Mezentius demanded of the Latini the produce of their vineyards, but that they vowed the firstfruits to Iupiter and thereby won the victory ( Quaest. Rom. 45). See Mommsen, Hist. of Rome, i. 173 (Amer. ed.).