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Definition of Agrippa
1. Noun. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).
Definition of Agrippa
1. Proper noun. a Latin cognomen; borne by important figures of the classical era such as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and several kings of Judea, mentioned in the bible ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Agrippa
Literary usage of Agrippa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"But Agrippa was soon summoned to Italy by the Critical state of the affairs of
Octavianus, ... Agrippa was thus enabled in the following year to defeat ..."
2. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1856)
"HEROD Agrippa IL, or Junior, was the son of the preceding Herod Agrippa, and was
educated under the auspices of the emperor Claudius: being only seventeen ..."
3. History of the Romans Under the Empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"Julia united to Agrippa.—Augustus receives the tribunitian and the consular powers.
... Augustus and Agrippa return to Kome.—Augustus chief pontiff. ..."
4. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"Agrippa wrote an autobiography. ... 2, 162 Agrippa in secundo vitae suae dicit
... ut fatentur Agrippa et Maecenas (n. 8) aqua suiter cutem fusa turgidi ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1762)
"... of fome letters from Rome, concerning the Pantheon of Agrippa, почи called
the Rotunda. THIS beautiful edifice has the following ..."
6. Woman; Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized by William C. King (1900)
"DAUGHTER OF HEROD Agrippa. *HE study of the career of this woman brings us ...
Bernice was the daughter of Herod Agrippa I. and the sister of Agrippa II., ..."
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