Definition of Agrippina

1. Noun. Wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero.

Exact synonyms: Agrippina The Younger
Generic synonyms: Roman

2. Noun. Granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33).
Exact synonyms: Agrippina The Elder
Generic synonyms: Roman

Definition of Agrippina

1. Proper noun. (context in Ancient Rome) The mother of Caligula; the mother of Nero ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Agrippina

Agonus
Agonus cataphractus
Agra
Agrabad
Agricola
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Secretary
Agrigento
Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrimonia procera
Agrinio
Agrinion
Agriocharis
Agriocharis ocellata
Agrippa
Agrippina
Agrippina the Elder
Agrippina the Younger
Agrobacterium tumifaciens
Agropyron
Agropyron cristatum
Agropyron intermedium
Agropyron pauciflorum
Agropyron repens
Agropyron smithii
Agropyron subsecundum
Agropyron trachycaulum
Agrostemma
Agrostemma githago
Agrostis

Literary usage of Agrippina

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"agrippina at length grew weary of delay, or fearful of discovery. ... It was then that agrippina, long since bent upon the impious deed, and eagerly seizing ..."

2. A history of the Romans under the empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"Claudius marries agrippina.—Her son Domitius betrothed to his daughter Octavia: ... agrippina effects the destruction of Lepida.—She poisons Claudius. ..."

3. Woman; Her Position, Influence, and Achievement Throughout the Civilized by William C. King (1902)
"Germanicus was her father, and agrippina the First, her mother. ... After some years, agrippina married, for her second husband, her uncle Claudius, ..."

4. The History of Rome by Livy (1835)
"The marriage of Octavia with Nero gave fresh aliment to the pride of agrippina. Burrhus superseded, in the chief command of the guards, the officers of the ..."

5. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1886)
"Induces Tiberius to withdraw to Capreae, and intrigues against agrippina.—Death of Livia, AD 29.—Banishment of agrippina.—Confinement of her son Drusus. ..."

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