Messalina

[ mes-uh-lahy-nuh ]

noun
  1. Valeria, died a.d. 48, third wife of Claudius I.

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How to use Messalina in a sentence

  • To us the marring of her son seems the greatest of this Messalina's crimes.

    Court Beauties of Old Whitehall | W. R. H. Trowbridge
  • Was a Lucretia the heroine of the tragedy, she was careful in the epilogue to speak like Messalina.

    Peg Woffington | Charles Reade
  • I took with me all my property, and I left Messalina with her own small dower to enjoy her freedom in poverty.

    The Art of Disappearing | John Talbot Smith
  • Near to this place were discovered statues of Nero and Messalina, and ninety-three brass coins.

  • The last two were Messalina and Agrippina, both of whom, as we shall see, lived to acquire great infamy.

    Under Csars' Shadow | Henry Francis Colby

British Dictionary definitions for Messalina

Messalina

/ (ˌmɛsəˈliːnə) /


noun
  1. Valeria (vəˈlɪərɪə). died 48 ad, wife of the Roman emperor Claudius, notorious for her debauchery and cruelty

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