(adjective) : Maenălus or -os, i, m., and Mae-năla, ōrum, n., = Μαίναλον
* A range of mountains in Arcadia, extending from Megalopolis to Tegea, and sacred to Pan; nom. Maenalus, Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 21; Verg. E. 8, 22: Maenalos,Ov. F. 5, 89: Maenala,Verg. E. 10, 55; id. G. 1, 17; Ov. M. 1, 216; acc. Maenalon, id. ib. 2, 415; 442. —Hence
* Maenălĭus, a, um, , = Μαινάλιος, of or belonging to Maenalus, Maenalian: nemus,Stat. Th. 9, 719: ferae,that dwell on the Maenalus,Ov. Am. 1, 7, 14: canis,a hound bred there,id. A. A. 1, 272: pater, i. e. Bacchus (whose orgies were celebrated on Mount Maenalus), Col. 10, 429: ramus, the club of Hercules, consisting of the branch of a tree broken off on this mountain, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 15.
* Also transf. (poet.), Arcadian: incipe Maenalios mecum, mea tibia, versus,i. e. shepherd songs, such as were used in Arcadia,Verg. E. 8, 31: deus,i. e. Pan,Ov. F. 4, 650: ales, i. e. Mercury, who was born in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 7, 65.
* Maenălĭdes, ae, m., = Μαιναλίδης, the Maenalide, i. e. Pan, to whom the Maenalus was sacred: Maenalide Pan,Aus. Idyll. 12, 8.
* Maenă-lis, ĭdis, adj. f., = Μαιναλίς, of or belonging to the Maenalus: ursa,i. e. Callisto,Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 8: ora,i. e. Arcadia,id. F. 3, 84.