noun

Mĕnĕlāüs

gen. Mĕnĕlai · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

= Μενέλαος.

Son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, who eloped from him with Paris

Son of Atreus, brother of Agamemnon, and husband of Helen, who eloped from him with Paris, Cic. Brut. 13, 50; id. Rep. 5, 9, 14; Auct. Her. 3, 21, 34; Ov. M. 13, 203; id. A. A. 2, 359.—

a cuckold by extension •

Transf., a cuckold.— Jestingly of M. Lucullus, whose wife was seduced by C. Memmius, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 3.—

a Greek rhetorician, from the old Phoenician city of Marathus

Menelaus Marathenus, a Greek rhetorician, from the old Phoenician city of Marathus, Cic. Brut. 26, 100.—

a city with a port of the same name on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Cyrene and Egypt; of Menelaus

Menelai portus, a city with a port of the same name on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Cyrene and Egypt, Nep. Ages. 8, 6; also called Menelaita urbs, Edict. Justin. 13, 9, 2.—Hence, adj.: Mĕnĕlāĕus, a, um, of Menelaus, Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 14.

Perseus ID: n28669 Key: Menelaus