Persephone

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

Persĕphŏnē, ēs, f., = Περσεφόνη,

I Proserpine , Ov. F. 4, 591; Stat. Th. 12, 276; Ov. M. 10, 15; Prop. 2, 28, 47 sq.; Luc. 5, 126; Inscr. Orell. 4849.—

II Transf., death : at mihi Persephone nigram denunciat horam, Tib. 4, 5, 5; Ov. H. 21, 46.

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