Tanaquil

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

Tănăquil, īlis, f.,

the proud , imperious wife of the elder Tarquin , Liv. 1, 34; Plin. 36, 27, 70, § 204.—Hence, as an appellative, for a domineering , ambitious woman , Juv. 6, 566; Aus. Ep. 23, 31.

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