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|lshtext=<b>Lăcaena</b>: ae, f., = [[Λάκαινα]],<br /><b>I</b> Spartan, Lacedæmonian; and subst., a Lacedæmonian or Spartan [[woman]].<br /><b>I</b> Adj. ([[poet]].): [[apud]] Lacaenas virgines, quibus [[magis]] [[palaestra]] [[studio]] est, etc., Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 36: virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta, Verg. G. 2, 487: Tyndaris, id. A. 2, 601: [[canes]], Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 300.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst., a Spartan [[woman]]: [[qualis]] [[tandem]] [[Lacaena]], quae, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 102; so of Helen, Verg. A. 2, 601; 6, 511; of Clytemnestra, Val. Fl. 7, 150; of [[Leda]], Mart. 9, 103, 2.
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|gf=<b>Lăcæna</b>,¹³ æ, f. ([[Λάκαινα]]), Lacédémonienne : Cic. Tusc. 1, 102 ; Virg. G. 2, 487 || = Hélène : Virg. En. 2, 601 ; 6, 511 || = Léda : Mart. 9, 103, 2 || = Clytemnestre : Val. Flacc. 7, 150.
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