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Sĕmīrămis (Sămērămis , in good MSS. and Schol., Juv. 2, 108), is or ĭdis, f., = Σεμίραμις,
I.the celebrated queen of Assyria, consort and successor of Ninus, Just. 1, 1, 9; Curt. 5, 1, 24; Ov. M. 4, 58; Juv. 2, 108.—Acc. Semiramin, Curt. 7, 6, 20; Amm. 28, 4, 9.—Abl. Semirami, Just. 36, 2, 1: “Semiramide,id. 1, 1, 10.—So Cicero sarcastically calls the profligate A. Gabinius, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9.—Hence, Sĕmīrămĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Semiramis, Semiramian: “Semiramio sanguine cretus Polydaemon,Ov. M. 5, 85: “acus,” i.e. Babylonian, Mart. 8, 28, 18; so, turres, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 162.
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    • Cicero, On the Consular Provinces, 4.9
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.85
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.58
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 5.1.24
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.6.20
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