Electra

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

Ēlectra, ae (nom. with long a, Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 6, 5 M.); Ov. F. 4, 177; Cic. Arat. 36; acc.: Electrān, Ov. Tr. 2, 395; id. F. 4, 32; 174), f., = Ἠλέκτρα.

I Daughter of Atlas and Pleione , one of the seven Pleiades , and mother of Dardanus by Jupiter , Ov. F. 4, 31 sq.; 174; Verg. A. 8, 135; Serv. ib. 7, 207; 10, 272; Hyg. Fab. 155 and 192.

II —Hence, Ēlectrĭus , a, um, adj.: tellus, i. e. Samothrace , Val. Fl. 2, 431.—

II Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra , and sister of Orestes , Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 6, 5 M.); Hor. S. 2, 3, 140; Vell. 1, 1, 3; Juv. 8, 218; Hyg. Fab. 117; 122; Serv. Verg. A. 4, 471.—Also the name of a tragedy , Ov. Tr. 2, 395; Suet. Caes. 84.—

III A Danaïd , Hyg. Fab. 170.—

IV An Oceanid , wife of Thaumas , and mother of the Harpies , Serv. Verg. A. 3, 212; 241.

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