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Cassiope2

Cassiope2 · f

the proud wife of Cepheus

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Where it lives

Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Elegiae 1 · 0.4/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.13/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. Cassĭŏpē — Lewis & Short

Cassĭŏpē, ēs (Cassĭŏpēa, ae, Cassĭĕpēa or Cassĭĕ-peia, f., = *kassio/ph, *kassio/peia, and *kassie/peia,

Manil. 1, 354; Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111; Hyg. Astr. 2, 10),

I the proud wife of Cepheus, and mother of Andromeda, who was punished on her account; made finally a constellation, Hyg. Fab. 64; id. Astr. 2, 10; 3, 10; Prop. 1, 17, 3; Ov. M. 4, 738; Cic. l. l.

2. Cassĭŏpē — Lewis & Short

Cassĭŏpē, ēs, f., = *kassio/ph,

I a town in Corcyra, now Cassopo or Cassiope, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 1; Suet. Ner. 22; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 52.—Called Cassĭŏpa, ae, f., Gell. 19, 1, 1.—Hence, Cassĭŏpĭcus, a, um, of Cassiope: filix, Plin. 27, 9, 55, § 80.

In the wild

Cassiopen Suetonius, Nero 22.3
Cassiope Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.738
Cassiopen Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 16.9.1
Cassiope Propertius, Elegiae 1.17.3
Cassiope Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.12.p1

Where it came from

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