Mĕnēnĭus

I. name of a Roman gens. Its most celebrated member was Menenius Agrippa, who told the people the fable of the belly and the limbs, Liv. 2, 16, 7; 2, 32, 8; 2, 33, 10.—Another Menenius in the time of Horace, noted as a foolish person, Hor. S. 2, 3, 287.—

II. Hence,

A. Mĕnēnĭus, a, um, adj., Menenian: tribus, Cic. Fam. 13, 9, 2.—

B. Mĕnēnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Menenius, Menenian: judicium, Liv. 2, 52, 8.