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AGRIPPINA
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• AGRIPPINA (noun)
The noun AGRIPPINA has 2 senses:
1. wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
2. granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
Familiarity information: AGRIPPINA used as a noun is rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Agrippina; Agrippina the Younger
Instance hypernyms:
Roman (an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Agrippina; Agrippina the Elder
Instance hypernyms:
Roman (an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire)
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