a granddaughter

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Agrippīna, ae, f., the name of several Roman women.

The wife of the emperor Tiberius, granddaughter of Atticus, Suet. Tib. 7.—

A daughter of Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, granddaughter of Augustus, wife of Germanicus, and mother of the emperor Caligula, Tac. A. 2, 54.—

Daughter of the preced. and Germanicus, wife of Cn. Domitius Aënobarbus, and mother of the emperor Nero, Tac. A. 4, 75. From her a colony planted on the Rhine received the name Colonia Agrippina, Tac. A. 12, 27, or Agrippinensis, id. H. 1, 57; 4, 55 (now Cologne); and its inhabitants were called Agrippinenses, id. G. 28.

gĕner, ĕri (archaic dat. plur. generibus, Att. ap. Non. 487, 29), m. [root GEN, v. gigno], a daughter's husband, a son-in-law.

Lit.:

cum soceris generi non lavantur,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 129; cf.:

mei viri gener,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 87:

generum nostrum ire cum adfini suo,

id. Trin. 3, 1, 21:

et gener et affines placent,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 63; cf. id. ib. 4, 8, 25; id. And. 3, 3, 39; id. Hec. 4, 1, 22:

C. Fannium et Quintum Scaevolam, generos Laelii,

Cic. Rep. 1, 12; id. Lael. 1, 3; 8, 26; id. Att. 4, 2, 4; Caes. B. G. 5, 56, 3; Quint. 6 praef. § 13; Hor. C. 2, 4, 13; Ov. F. 3, 202; Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 18 et saep.—Also, a daughter's bridegroom, Hor. Epod. 6, 13; Verg. A. 2, 344; cf.:

generi et nurus appellatione sponsus quoque et sponsa continetur,

Dig. 38, 10, 6.—

Transf.

The husband of a granddaughter or greatgranddaughter, for progener, qui conlegam et generum adsciverat Sejanum, Tac. A. 5, 6; 6, 8; cf.:

generi appellatione et neptis et proneptis tam ex filio quam ex filia editarum, ceterarumque maritos contineri manifestum est,

Dig. 50, 16, 136.—

A sister's husband, brother-in-law, Just. 18, 4; Nep. Paus. 1.—

Comically, of a daughter's paramour:

Villius in Fausta Sullae gener, etc.,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 64.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

Lēda, ae, and Lēdē, ēs, f., = Lêda, the daughter of Thestius, and wife of Tyndarus; she bore by Jupiter, who visited her in the form of a swan, two eggs, from one of which came Pollux and Helen, and from the other Castor and Clytemnestra, Ov. H. 17, 55; id. M. 6, 109; Hyg. Fab. 77:

pueri Ledae,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Hor. C. 1, 12, 25.—She was deified after her death, under the name of Nemesis, Lact. 1, 21:

Lede,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 3: chironomon Ledam saltare, i. e. in the part of Leda in a pantomime, Juv. 6, 63.—Hence,

Lēdaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leda, Ledæan.

Lit.:

Ledaei dei,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Ov. F. 1, 706; also,

Lacones,

Mart. 1, 37, 2:

Helena,

Verg. A. 7, 364:

Hermione (as granddaughter of Leda),

id. ib. 3, 328:

ovum,

a swan's egg, Mart. 8, 33, 21; cf.

olores,

id. 1, 54, 8:

Timavus, because Castor, on the return of the Argonauts, let his horse Cyllarus drink of it,

id. 4, 25, 5; cf.

Cyllarus,

Stat. S. 1, 1, 54:

astrum,

i. e. Castor and Pollux, Mart. 8, 21, 5.—

Poet., transf.

Spartan:

Phalantum,

Tarentum, founded by the Spartan Phalantus, Mart. 8, 28, 3:

gurges,

i. e. of the Eurotas, Stat. S. 2, 6, 45. —

Amyclæan (because Castor and Pollux were born at Amyclæ):

Xanthippus,

Sil. 4, 358.

lēda, ae, lēdon, i, and lēdănum, v. lada.

nĕpos, ōtis, m. and f. (v. infra) [Sanscr. nap-tar, descendant; Gr. anepsios, nephew; cf. nepodes; cf. neptis, Germ. Neffe], a grandson, son's or daughter's son: primo gradu sunt supra pater, mater; infra filius, filia. Secundo gradu sunt supra avus, avia;

infra nepos, neptis,

Dig. 38, 10, 1; cf.:

nepos quoque dupliciter intellegitur, ex filio vel filia natus,

ib. 38, 10, 10, § 13; Cic. Deiot. 1, 2: Metellum multi filii, filiae, nepotes, neptes in rogum imposuerunt. id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

Q. Pompeii ex filiā nepos,

id. Brut. 76, 263:

M. Catonis censorii ex filio nepos,

Gell. 13, 20 (19), 3; Dig. 44, 4, 18:

sororis nepos,

Tac. A. 4, 44.—

For neptis, a granddaughter (ante- and post-class.): Ilia dia nepos, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Inscr. Grut. 477, 5; ib. 678, 11.—

Transf.

A brother's or sister's son, a nephew (post-Aug.):

tres instituit heredes sororum nepotes,

Suet. Caes. 83; Hier. Ep. 60, n. 9; Eutr. 7, 1.—

In gen., a descendant ( poet.):

filius an aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum?

Verg. A. 6, 864:

in nepotum Perniciem,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3: Caesar, [p. 1201] ab Aeneā qui tibi fratre nepos (to Cupid), Ov. P. 3, 3, 62:

magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 5; Luc. 7, 207:

haec tetigit tuos urtica nepotes,

Juv. 2, 128.—

A favorite: omnes profecto mulieres te amant... Py.... nepos sum Veneris, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 50. —

Of animals (post-Aug.), Col. 6, 37, 4; 7, 2, 5.—

Of plants, a sucker, Col. 4, 10, 2; 4, 6, 5.—

Fig., a spendthrift, prodigal (syn.:

ganeo, asotus): quis ganeo, quis nepos, quis adulter?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

in populi Romani patrimonio nepos,

id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:

profusus nepos,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

quantum simplex hilarisque nepoti Discrepet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 193; 1, 15, 36.

Nĕpos, ōtis, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So Cornelius Nepos, a Roman historian, the friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Calullus; author of the work De Viris Illustribus, a portion of which is preserved, Gell. 15, 28; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6; 4, 28, 1.

nĕpos, ōtis, m. and f. (v. infra) [Sanscr. nap-tar, descendant; Gr. anepsios, nephew; cf. nepodes; cf. neptis, Germ. Neffe], a grandson, son's or daughter's son: primo gradu sunt supra pater, mater; infra filius, filia. Secundo gradu sunt supra avus, avia;

infra nepos, neptis,

Dig. 38, 10, 1; cf.:

nepos quoque dupliciter intellegitur, ex filio vel filia natus,

ib. 38, 10, 10, § 13; Cic. Deiot. 1, 2: Metellum multi filii, filiae, nepotes, neptes in rogum imposuerunt. id. Tusc. 1, 35, 85:

Q. Pompeii ex filiā nepos,

id. Brut. 76, 263:

M. Catonis censorii ex filio nepos,

Gell. 13, 20 (19), 3; Dig. 44, 4, 18:

sororis nepos,

Tac. A. 4, 44.—

For neptis, a granddaughter (ante- and post-class.): Ilia dia nepos, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Inscr. Grut. 477, 5; ib. 678, 11.—

Transf.

A brother's or sister's son, a nephew (post-Aug.):

tres instituit heredes sororum nepotes,

Suet. Caes. 83; Hier. Ep. 60, n. 9; Eutr. 7, 1.—

In gen., a descendant ( poet.):

filius an aliquis magnā de stirpe nepotum?

Verg. A. 6, 864:

in nepotum Perniciem,

Hor. C. 2, 13, 3: Caesar, [p. 1201] ab Aeneā qui tibi fratre nepos (to Cupid), Ov. P. 3, 3, 62:

magnanimos Remi nepotes,

Cat. 58, 5; Luc. 7, 207:

haec tetigit tuos urtica nepotes,

Juv. 2, 128.—

A favorite: omnes profecto mulieres te amant... Py.... nepos sum Veneris, Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 50. —

Of animals (post-Aug.), Col. 6, 37, 4; 7, 2, 5.—

Of plants, a sucker, Col. 4, 10, 2; 4, 6, 5.—

Fig., a spendthrift, prodigal (syn.:

ganeo, asotus): quis ganeo, quis nepos, quis adulter?

Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7:

in populi Romani patrimonio nepos,

id. Agr. 1, 1, 2:

profusus nepos,

id. Quint. 12, 40:

quantum simplex hilarisque nepoti Discrepet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 193; 1, 15, 36.

Nĕpos, ōtis, m., a surname in the gens Cornelia. So Cornelius Nepos, a Roman historian, the friend of Cicero, Atticus, and Calullus; author of the work De Viris Illustribus, a portion of which is preserved, Gell. 15, 28; Plin. 9, 39, 63, § 137; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 6; 4, 28, 1.

nĕpōtilla, ae, f. dim. [1. nepos], a little granddaughter, Inscr. Fabr. p. 31, n. 148.

Nĕpōtilla, ae, f., a Roman surname:

IVLIA NEPOTILLA,

Inscr. Grut. 916, 1.

nĕpōtilla, ae, f. dim. [1. nepos], a little granddaughter, Inscr. Fabr. p. 31, n. 148.

Nĕpōtilla, ae, f., a Roman surname:

IVLIA NEPOTILLA,

Inscr. Grut. 916, 1.