Arsinoeum

Arsĭnŏē, ēs, and Arsĭnŏa, ae, f., = Arsinoê.

I.

Arsinoa, mother of the third Mercury, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57.—

II.

Arsinoë, daughter of Ptolemy Lagus and Berenice, wife of king Lysimachus, afterwards of her brother Ptolemy Philadelphus, Just. 17, 1; 17, 2; 24, 2.—Hence, Arsĭnŏēum, i, n., the monument erected to her by the latter, Plin. 36, 9, 14, § 68.—

III.

A daughter of Lysimachus, the first wife of Ptolemy Philadelphus; after her death worshipped as Venus Zephyritis, Plin. 34, 14, 42, § 148.—

IV.

A daughter of Ptolemy Auletes, sister of Cleopatra, Auct. B. Alex. 4 and 33; Luc. 10, 521.—

V.

One of the Hyades, Hyg. Fab. 182.—

VI.

The name of several towns,

A.

In Lower Egypt, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 61.—

B.

In Cyrenaica, Mel. 1, 8, 2; 3, 8, 7; Plin. 1, c.—

C.

In Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 92.—Hence, Arsĭnŏē-tĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Ar-sinoe:

aqua,

Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 165.—

D.

A town on the north side of Cyprus, Plin. 5, 31, 35, § 130.