Lacaena

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Menander, Monostichoi, 433

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Lăcaena: ae, f., = Λάκαινα,
I Spartan, Lacedæmonian; and subst., a Lacedæmonian or Spartan woman.
I 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.—
II 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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Lăcæna,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.

Latin > German (Georges)

Lacaena, ae (Λάκαινα), adi. gen. fem., lakonisch, spartanisch, virgines, Poët. b. Cic. Tusc. 2, 36. Verg. georg. 2, 487: subst. eine Lakonierin, Spartanerin, Cic. Tusc. 1, 102: bes. v. der Helena, Verg. Aen. 2, 601: v. der Leda, Mart. 9, 103, 2: v. der Klytämnestra, Val. Flacc. 7, 150.