noun

Mĕlĕăger

gen. Mĕlĕagri · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

and (), , , = Μελέαγρος

son of the Calydonian king Œneus and Althæa, 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

adj., of; belonging to Meleager

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

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.—

Guinea-hens

A kind of fowls, Guinea-hens, the same as Gallinae Africanae, or a variety of them, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 18; Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74.—

belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian

Mĕlĕāgrĭus, a, um, adj., = Μελεάγριος, of or belonging to Meleager, Meleagrian, Stat. Th. 4, 103.

Perseus ID: n28462 Key: Meleager