proper noun
Cassandrēa
Meaning
- a town in Macedonia
Cassandrēa or -īa, ae, f.,
I. a town in Macedonia, upon the peninsula Pallene, previously called Potidœa, but rebuilt by Cassander, Liv. 28, 8, 14; 44, 11, 1 sq.; Mel. 2, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 36.—
II. Hence,
A. Cassandrenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Cassandrea, Liv. 44, 10, 12; Dig. 50, 15, 8.—
B. Cassandreus (trisyl.), ei, m., = Κασσανδρεύς, of Cassandrea, a surname of the tyrant Apollodorus, who reigned there, Ov. P. 2, 9, 43.