Maeander

From Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mae̯ˈan.dɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [meˈan̪.d̪er]

Maeander m sg (genitive Maeandrī); second declension

1. a river in Turkey, now the Menderes
2. A crooked way, a turning, a winding
3. A border wrought with many involutions

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.

• Maeandrius
• Maeandricus
• Maeandrātus

• mæander (alternate typography)

• “Maeander”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Maeander in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Maeander”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly