Cleopatra: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Clĕŏpātră</b>: (on the ā cf. Juv. 2, 109; Luc. 9, 1071; 10, 56; Stat. S. 3, 2, 120), ae, f., = Κλεοπάτρα.<br /><b>I</b> 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,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Clĕŏpātrānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to [[Cleopatra]]: [[stirps]], Treb. Poll. Claud. 1: uniones, id. Trig. Syr. 32.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[daughter]] of [[Mithridates]], and [[wife]] of [[Tigranes]], Just. 38, 3, 3.—<br /> A [[daughter]] of I., Just. 39, 3, 1; 39, 4, 7.