proper noun
Messālīna
Meaning
- The profligate wife of the emperor Claudius, daughter of
Messālīna or Messallīna, ae, f.
I. The profligate wife of the emperor Claudius, daughter of M. Valerius Messalla Barbatus, Suet. Claud. 17; 26; Tac. A. 11, 1 sq.; Juv. 10, 333; cf. id. 6, 116 al.—