Maeŏnes — Lewis & Short
Maeŏnes, um, m., = *mai/ones,
I the inhabitants of Mæonia, Mæonians, for Lydians, in gen.: dicti post Maeona regem Maeones, Claud. ap. Eutr. 2, 256.—Hence,
A Maeŏnĭa, ae, f., = *maioni/a (orig. the country of Mæonia, in Lydia).— Transf.,
1 Lydia, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110.—
2 Etruria, because the Etruscans were said to be descended from the Lydians, Verg. A. 8, 499.—
B Maeŏnĭdes, ae, m., = *maioni/dhs, a Mæonide, native of Mæonia (Lydia).
1 A poet. designation of Homer, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 25; Mart. 5, 10, 8 (cf. Milton, P. L. 3, 35).—
2 An Etrurian, Verg. A. 11, 759:
Maeonidūm tellus,Etruria, Sil. 6, 607. —
C Maeŏnis, ĭdis, f., = *maioni/s, a Mæonian woman, Lydian woman:
Maeonis elusam designat imagine tauri Europen,i. e. Arachne, Ov. M. 6, 103:
Maeonis aurato conspicienda sinu,i. e. Omphale, id. F. 2, 310.—As adj.:
femina,a Lydian woman, Ov. Am. 2, 5, 40.—
D Maeŏ-nĭus, a, um, adj., = *maio/nios, of or belonging to Mæonia, Lydian:
rex,Verg. A. 9, 546:
domus,id. ib. 10, 141:
mitra,id. ib. 4, 216:
Bacchus,i. e. Lydian wine, id. G. 4, 380:
ripae,i. e. of the Lydian river Mæander, Ov. M. 2, 252: rex, i. e. Midas, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 165.—Plur. subst.: Maeŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lydians, Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 111. —
b In partic., of or belonging to the Mæonide (Homer), Mæonidic, Homeric:
senex,Ov. A. A. 2, 4:
carmen,id. P. 3, 3, 31:
chartae,id. ib. 4, 12, 27:
pes,id. R. Am. 373:
lingua,Sil. 4, 527; Col. 1 prooem. fin. —
2 Of or belonging to Etruria, Etrurian:
Maeonii nautae,Ov. M. 4, 423:
lacus,the Trasimene Lake, Sil. 15, 35:
fluctus,id. 12, 17:
terra,Etruria, id. 10, 40:
aequor,the plain surrounding Lake Trasimene, id. 5, 329.