Maelĭus | Maelĭānus, a, um | Maelĭāni, ōrum (noun M) :
* The name of a Roman gens, of which the most celebrated member is Sp. Maelius, who, under suspicion of aiming at kingly power, was slain, at the command of the dictator L. Quinctius Cincinnatus, by the magister equitum C. Servilius Ahala, Liv. 4, 13 sq.; Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 3; id. Sen. 16, 56; id. Phil. 2, 44, 114; cf. Aequimaelium.—Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to Maelius, Maelian: caedes, i. e. the murder of Sp. Maelius, Liv. 4, 16.—Subst.: , , m., the partisans of Maelius, Maelians, Liv. 4, 14.