Maeander — Lewis & Short
Maeander (Maeandros or Mae-andrus), dri, m., = *maiandros,
I a river, proverbial for its winding course, which rises in Great Phrygia, flows between Lydia and Caria, and falls, near Miletus, into the Icarian Sea, now Mendere Su; nom. Maeander, Liv. 38, 13, 7; Sen. Ep. 104, 15; Plin. 2, 85, 87, § 201; 5, 29, 31, § 113; Claud. Eutr. 2, 266; Avien. Perieg. 999:
Maeandros,Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162; id. H. 9, 55:
Maeandrus,Sil. 7, 139; Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.; acc. Maeandrum, Liv. 38, 12; 13:
Maeandron,Luc. 3, 208:
more Maeandri,i. e. with turnings and windings, Col. 8, 17, 11.—
2 Personified, acc. to the fable, the father of Cyane, and grandfather of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 450.—
B Transf. (from the windings of the Mæander), as an appellative, and hence also in the plur.
1 A crooked or roundabout way, a turning, twisting, winding, meandering, maze, etc.:
quos tu Maeandros, quae deverticula flexionesque quaesisti?Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Amm. 30, 1, 12; cf. Ov. M. 2, 246; 8, 162 sqq.; Sil. 7, 139; Sen. Herc. Fur. 683:
in illis dialecticae gyris atque Maeandris,Gell. 16, 8, 17:
Maeandros faciebat et gyros, etc.,Amm. 30, 1:
Mĕandros,Prud. Cath. 6, 142.—
2 In embroidery, a border wrought with many involutions or windings:
victori chlamydem auratam, quam plurima circum Purpura Maeandro duplici Meliboea cucurrit,Verg. A. 5, 251; cf. Serv. in loc.; cf. Non. 140, 2, and Paul. ex Fest. p. 136 Müll.— Hence,
II
A Maeandrĭus, a, um, adj., = *maia/ndrios.
1 Of or belonging to Mæander, Mæandrian:
juvenis Maeandrius,i. e. Caunus, the grandson of Mæander, Ov. M. 9, 573.—
2 Of or belonging to the river Mæander, Mæandrian:
unda,Prop. 3, 32, 35:
flumina,Claud. VI. Cons. Honor. 635.—
B Maeandrĭcus, a, um, adj., Mæandrian (acc. to I. B. 2.):
fluxus,Tert. Pall. 4 med.—*
C Maeandrātus, a, um, adj., full of curves like the Mæander, Mæandrian: facies Maeandrata et vermiculata, Varr. ap. Non. 140, 5 (Sat. Men. 86, 14).