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Methymnaeus

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Methymnaeae Proper-name adjective: feminine genitive singular, Proper-name adjective: feminine vocative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine nominative plural, Proper-name adjective: feminine dative singular of Methymnaeus

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Methymnaeus

(Μηθυμναῖος), a surname of Dionysus, derived, according to some, from Methymna, rich in vines. (Hesych. sub voce Verg. G. 2.20.) Others derived it from μέθν (sweet or wine), as Plutarch (Sympos. 3.2) and Athenaeus (viii. p. 363). [L.S]

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