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Mezentĭus

gen. Mezenti · gender masculine · decl. 2nd
(not , , , , or ; cf. Rib. in Rhein. Mus. 1857, vol. 12, p. 418 sq.)
a male proper name; a tyrant of Cære; Agylla •
a male proper name [of Oscan origin], a tyrant of Cære or Agylla, Liv. 1, 2; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. oscillum, p. 194 Müll.: contemptor divom Mezentius, Verg. A. 7, 648 sq.; cf. Macr. S. 3, 5; and Serv Verg. A. 1, 267; 7, 760; 9, 745.
Perseus ID: n28991 Key: Mezentius