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Menalippus

Menalippus · m

the slayer of Tydeus, who, while dying, bit the head of Menalippus

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Where it lives

Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k
Thebais 2 · 0.32/10k

What it meant

Mĕnălippus — Lewis & Short

Mĕnălippus (orig. form Mĕlănip-pus), i, m., = *mela/nippos,

I the slayer of Tydeus, who, while dying, bit the head of Menalippus, Stat. Th. 8, 719; 740.—The form Melanippus is found as the name of a tragedy of Attius, Cic. Tusc. 3, 9, 20.

In the wild

Melanippo Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 3.20
Melanippus Statius, Thebais 8.718
Melanippi Statius, Thebais 9.8
Melanippus Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes index.1.p338

Where it came from

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