person
Menenius
also: Meneni
A byword for derangement; Chrysippus assigns the superstitious crowd to the 'teeming tribe of Menenius,' i.e. the company of the mad.
Reading notes
- The Satires §2.3 tribe of Menenius
A proverbial madman; Chrysippus assigns the superstitious to 'the teeming tribe of Menenius' — the great family of fools.