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Meleager
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : Mĕlĕăger and Mĕlĕăgros (-ag-rus), gri, m., = Μελέαγρος
* Son of the Calydonian king Oeneus and Althaea, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence
* Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.
* Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.
* The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.
* Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, , = Μελεάγριος, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.
* Son of the Calydonian king Oeneus and Althaea, one of the combatants at the Calydonian boar-hunt. His life depended on the preservation of an extinguished brand; this his mother burned, out of revenge for the death of her brothers who had fallen by his hand, and he expired, Ov. M. 8, 299 sq.; id. H. 9, 151; Val. Fl. 1, 435; Hyg. Fab. 171 sq.; Serv. Verg. A. 7, 306.—Hence
* Mĕlĕāgrēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Meleager, Luc. 6, 365.
* Mĕlĕāgrĭdes, um, f.
* The sisters of Meleager, who, according to the fable, bitterly lamented his death, and were changed into birds called after his name, Hyg. Fab. 174; Ov. M. 8, 534 sq.
* Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, , = Μελεάγριος, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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