Sameramis

Sameramis
Sĕmīrămis ( Sămērămis, in good MSS. and Schol., Juv. 2, 108), is or ĭdis, f., = Semiramis, the celebrated queen of Assyria, consort and successor of Ninus, Just. 1, 1, 9; Curt. 5, 1, 24; Ov. M. 4, 58; Juv. 2, 108.— Acc. Semiramin, Curt. 7, 6, 20; Amm. 28, 4, 9.— Abl. Semirami, Just. 36, 2, 1:

Semiramide,

id. 1, 1, 10.—So Cicero sarcastically calls the profligate A. Gabinius, Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9.—Hence, Sĕmīrămĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Semiramis, Semiramian:

Semiramio sanguine cretus Polydaemon,

Ov. M. 5, 85:

acus,

i.e. Babylonian, Mart. 8, 28, 18; so, turres, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 162.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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