Cleopatra

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

Clĕŏpātră (on the ā cf. Juv. 2, 109; Luc. 9, 1071; 10, 56; Stat. S. 3, 2, 120), ae, f., = Κλεοπάτρα.

I Queen of Egypt , and daughter of Ptolemy Auletes , notorious for her amorous intercourse with Caesar , 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,

B Clĕŏpātrānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Cleopatra : stirps, Treb. Poll. Claud. 1: uniones, id. Trig. Syr. 32.—

II 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.—

III A daughter of Mithridates , and wife of Tigranes , Just. 38, 3, 3.—

IV A daughter of I., Just. 39, 3, 1; 39, 4, 7.