noun

Mēthymna

gen. Mēthymnae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

a city in the island of Lesbos, famous as the birthplace of the poet Arion, and for its excellent wine; Molivo •

a city in the island of Lesbos, famous as the birthplace of the poet Arion, and for its excellent wine, now Molivo, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Liv. 45, 31, 14: quot habet Methymna racemos, Ov. A. A. 1, 57.—Hence.

belonging to Methymna, Methymnean; the Methymneans ••

Mēthymnaeus, a, um, adj., = Μηθυμναῖος, of or belonging to Methymna, Methymnean: Lesbos, Ov. M. 11, 55: Arion, of Methymna, Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 67: merum, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 38. palmes, Verg. G. 2, 90.—In plur. subst.: Mēthymnaei, ōrum, m., the Methymneans, Curt. 4, 5, 19.—

adj., Methymnian poetic •

Mēthymnĭas, ădis, f. adj., Methymnian (poet.): Methymniades puellae, Ov. H. 15, 15.

Perseus ID: n28942 Key: Methymna