Cassiope

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cassĭŏpē, ēs (Cassĭŏpēa, ae, Manil. 1, 354; Cassĭĕpēa or Cassĭĕ-peia, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Hyg. Astr. 2, 10), f., = Κασσιόπη, Κασσιόπεια, and Κασσιέπεια,

the proud wife of Cepheus , and mother of Andromeda , who was punished on her account; made finally a constellation , Hyg. Fab. 64; id. Astr. 2, 10; 3, 10; Prop. 1, 17, 3; Ov. M. 4, 738; Cic. l. l.

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