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Mezentius, Mezentiī

(Mezzentius, Mezzentiī)

(Mesdentius, Mesdentiī)

(Messentius, Messentiī)

(Mēdientius, Mēdientiī)

(Mēdentius, Mēdentiī)

of Oscan origin

noun (m., 2^nd -IUS declension)

a male proper name, a tyrant of Caere
Agylla

Abbreviations

Mezentius (not Mezzent-, Mesdent-, Messent-, Mēdient-, or Mēdent-; cf. Rib. in Rhein. Mus. 1857, vol. 12, p. 418 sq.), i, m., a male proper name [of Oscan origin], a tyrant of Caere or Agylla, Liv. 1, 2; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. oscillum, p. 194 Mull.: contemptor divom Mezentius, Verg. A. 7, 648 sq.; cf. Macr. S. 3, 5; and Serv Verg. A. 1, 267; 7, 760; 9, 745.