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Clĕŏpātră (on the ā cf. Juv. 2, 109; Luc. 9, 1071; 10, 56; Stat. S. 3, 2, 120), ae, f., = Κλεοπάτρα.
I. Queen of Egypt, and daughter of Ptolemy Auletes, notorious for her amorous intercourse with Cœsar, and afterwards with Antony; conquered at Actium by Augustus, Caes. B. C. 3, 103; 3, 107; Suet. Caes. 35; Luc. 10, 354 sqq.; Val. Fl. 4, 464; Mart. 4, 22, 2; 4, 59, 5.—Hence,
B. Clĕŏpātrānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cleopatra: stirps, Treb. Poll. Claud. 1: “uniones,” id. Trig. Syr. 32.—
II. A sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Alexander, king of Epirus, Liv. 8, 24, 17; Just. 9, 6, 1; 13, 6, 4 al.—
III. A daughter of Mithridates, and wife of Tigranes, Just. 38, 3, 3.—
IV. A daughter of I., Just. 39, 3, 1; 39, 4, 7.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 24
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.103
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 35
    • Lucan, Civil War, 10.354
    • Lucan, Civil War, 10.56
    • Lucan, Civil War, 9.1071
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 4.464
    • Statius, Silvae, 3.2
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