noun

Lăcaena

gen. Lăcae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

Spartan, Lacedæmonian;; subst., a Lacedæmonian; Spartan woman

Spartan, Lacedæmonian; and subst., a Lacedæmonian or Spartan woman.

poetic •

Adj. (poet.): apud Lacaenas virgines, quibus magis palaestra studio est, etc., Poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 36: virginibus bacchata Lacaenis Taygeta, Verg. G. 2, 487: Tyndaris, id. A. 2, 601: canes, Claud. Laud. Stil. 3, 300.—

Subst., a Spartan woman; of Helen; of Clytemnestra •

Subst., a Spartan woman: qualis tandem Lacaena, quae, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 102; so of Helen, Verg. A. 2, 601; 6, 511; of Clytemnestra, Val. Fl. 7, 150; of Leda, Mart. 9, 103, 2.

Perseus ID: n25521 Key: Lacaena