Polyxena

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

Pŏlyxĕna, ae, f., = Πολυξένη,

I a daughter of Priam , whom Pyrrhus , the son of Achilles , sacrificed at his father's grave , Ov. M. 13, 448; Juv. 10, 262; Sen. Troad. 368; Hyg. Fab. 110; cf. Verg. A. 3, 321.— Hence,

II Pŏlyxĕnĭus , a, um, adj., of Polyxena , Polyxenian : caedes, Cat. 64, 369.