Lycoris

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

Lycōris, ĭdis (acc. -orida, Ov. A. A. 3, 537; voc. Lycori, Verg. E. 10, 42; Mart. 1, 102, 1), f., also called Cythere,

a freedwoman of the senator Volumnius Eutrapelus, the mistress of Cornelius Gallus, and afterwards of Marc Antony , Verg. E. 10, 22; 42; Ov. A. A. 3, 537; id. Am. 1, 15, 29 sq.; id. Tr. 2, 445; Prop. 2, 25 (3, 32), 91; Mart. 8, 73, 6.