Messalina

[ mes-uh-lahy-nuh ]

/ ˌmɛs əˈlaɪ nə /

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noun

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.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II)|Charles Bucke

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

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

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