queen
queen
subs.
P. and V. βᾰσῐλί̆ς, ἡ (Plat.), δεσπότῐς, ἡ (Plat.), V. τύ̆ραννος, ἡ, Ar. and V. δέσποινα, ἡ, ἄ̆νασσα, ἡ, βᾰσί̆λεια, ἡ (Eur. And. 1055).
In invocations (to goddesses, etc.): Ar. and V. πότνια, ἡ, δέσποινα, ἡ (rare P.), ἄ̆νασσα, ἡ (rare P.).
subs.
P. and V. βᾰσῐλί̆ς, ἡ (Plat.), δεσπότῐς, ἡ (Plat.), V. τύ̆ραννος, ἡ, Ar. and V. δέσποινα, ἡ, ἄ̆νασσα, ἡ, βᾰσί̆λεια, ἡ (Eur. And. 1055).
In invocations (to goddesses, etc.): Ar. and V. πότνια, ἡ, δέσποινα, ἡ (rare P.), ἄ̆νασσα, ἡ (rare P.).
QUEEN
regina (PROP. and figuratively); (☞ regnatrix is an adjective “royal ” Tac.): the queen bee [Vid: BEE].
Queen at chess compar (i.e. mate; of two lovers etc. as queen at chess Ov. A.A. 3 359).
regina (PROP. and figuratively); (☞ regnatrix is an adjective “royal ” Tac.): the queen bee [Vid: BEE].
Queen at chess compar (i.e. mate; of two lovers etc. as queen at chess Ov. A.A. 3 359).
queen: rēgīna, f., constr. with gen. of subject country or people: the q. of the South, regina austri, Vulg. Matt. xii. 42: Luc. xi. 31: or with adj.; regina Bithynica (sarcastically of Caesar), Bibul. in Suet. Caes. 49. Specially (i.) A queen-consort: (Hecuba), Virg. Aen. 10, 705: cf. suus rex reginae placet, Pl. Stich. 1, 2, 76: also uxor (in connection with the king's name): his q., uxor ejus Boudicea, Tac. A. 14, 31: "When the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods," etc., *Bellatrix postquam Britonum regina cruentis Verberibus, etc. (N.B. regnatrix is adj. only, regal, ruling: in domo regnatrice, Tac. A. 1, 4: the Vulg. uses dominatrix: say to the king and queen, dic regi et dominatrici, Jer. xiii. 18.) (ii.) A q. regnant: (Cleopatra), Hor. Od. 1, 37, 7: Cic. Att. 14, 8: (Dido), Virg. Aen. 1, 303: 2, 3: 4, 1: et pass.: THE QUEEN , cf. magnum reginae nomen, id. Aen. 11, 223: the q. goes in procession with a great retinue of matrons, cf. ib. 478,
/* Necnon ad templum summasque ad Palladis arces, Subvehitur magna matrum regina caterva: */
the courtiers attend the q.'s levee, cf. ib. 4, 133,
/* Reginam thalamo cunctantem ad limina primi Poenorum exspectant: */
the q. dismounted at the palace-gate, portisque ab equo regina sub ipsis desiluit, ib. 11, 223. (iii.) A queen-dowager, *vĭdŭa (rēgīna): cf. Vulg. Apoc. xviii. 7, sedeo regina, et vidua non sum (fr. Is. xlvi. 8, non sedebo vidua): or *(r.) viduata: v.WIDOW . (iv.) The title applied to a goddess (esp. Juno): absol. Virg. Aen. 1, 76: cf. id. 8, 696, 707: Juno regina (in a prayer), Cic. Verr. 5, 72, 184: Liv. 5, 21: regina deum, Virg. Aen. 1, 9: cf. ib. 46, quae divûm incedo regina Jovisque Et soror et conjux: (with patronymic), Saturnia regina, ib. 7, 573: (with title of sacred places), O Venus regina Gnidi Paphique, Hor. Od. 1, 30, 1: in other mythologies: to burn incense to the q. of heaven, etc. (Ashtoreth or the Moon), ut sacrificemus reginae coeli, et libemus ei libamina, Vulg. Jer. xlv. 17 and 25 (cf. "Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns," Milton). Transf. of any power, e. g. money named with other deified powers: cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 37:--
/* Et genus et formam regina Pecunia donat, Ac bene nummatum decorat Suadela Venusque. */
(Note: domina may sometimes be used: e. g. of Cybele, Virg. Aen. 3, 113: of Venus, Ov. A. A. 1, 148: of Juno, Prop. 2, 5, 17: of Diana, Mart. 12, 18.) (v.) Of any female leader; the q. of song, cf. silvestris regina chori, Stat. Th. 4, 379 (so, q. of May, *r. Maiae): and of things excelling in their kind: of trees; the cypress like a q. of the Alpine crest, Alpini veluti regina cupressus verticis, ib. 6, 854: the q. of roads: Appia regina viarum, id. Silv. 2, 2, 12: among cities: (of Tyre and Babylon), Vulg. Is. xlix. 23, Apoc. xviii. 7, sup. cit.: (so q. of the Adriatic, *r. Hadriae: of the Bosporus, *r. Bospori: cf. domina urbs, Mart. 12, 21): of speech, oratio omnium rerum r., Pac. in Non. 113, 32: of abstract qualities: Join, domina et regina (mistress and q.): cf. (justitia) omnium et domina et regina virtutum, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 28: (Note: also domina: cf. sit sane fors domina campi, Cic. Pis. 2). (vi.) The q. in chessor cards: or we may possibly use the classical term compar, ăris (lit. mate), f., on the authority of Ov. A. A. 3, 359 (referring to some game): Bellatorque sua prensus sine compare bellat (And though his mate is ta'en, the king prolongs the fight). (vii.) Queen-bee: the Latin writers use rex, Virg. G. 4, 21, 68, et pass.: or dux, Col.: in nat. hist. (where it would seem absurd to keep the error) use *regina apis or apum: so, q.-ant, *regina formica or formicarum.
/* Necnon ad templum summasque ad Palladis arces, Subvehitur magna matrum regina caterva: */
the courtiers attend the q.'s levee, cf. ib. 4, 133,
/* Reginam thalamo cunctantem ad limina primi Poenorum exspectant: */
the q. dismounted at the palace-gate, portisque ab equo regina sub ipsis desiluit, ib. 11, 223. (iii.) A queen-dowager, *vĭdŭa (rēgīna): cf. Vulg. Apoc. xviii. 7, sedeo regina, et vidua non sum (fr. Is. xlvi. 8, non sedebo vidua): or *(r.) viduata: v.
/* Et genus et formam regina Pecunia donat, Ac bene nummatum decorat Suadela Venusque. */
(Note: domina may sometimes be used: e. g. of Cybele, Virg. Aen. 3, 113: of Venus, Ov. A. A. 1, 148: of Juno, Prop. 2, 5, 17: of Diana, Mart. 12, 18.) (v.) Of any female leader; the q. of song, cf. silvestris regina chori, Stat. Th. 4, 379 (so, q. of May, *r. Maiae): and of things excelling in their kind: of trees; the cypress like a q. of the Alpine crest, Alpini veluti regina cupressus verticis, ib. 6, 854: the q. of roads: Appia regina viarum, id. Silv. 2, 2, 12: among cities: (of Tyre and Babylon), Vulg. Is. xlix. 23, Apoc. xviii. 7, sup. cit.: (so q. of the Adriatic, *r. Hadriae: of the Bosporus, *r. Bospori: cf. domina urbs, Mart. 12, 21): of speech, oratio omnium rerum r., Pac. in Non. 113, 32: of abstract qualities: Join, domina et regina (mistress and q.): cf. (justitia) omnium et domina et regina virtutum, Cic. Off. 3, 6, 28: (Note: also domina: cf. sit sane fors domina campi, Cic. Pis. 2). (vi.) The q. in chess
queen (v.):
I. To play the part of a q. (cf. "I'll q. it no inch further," Shaksp.), reginam agere: cf. exulem ag., Cic. A. 1, 4: principem ag., Suet. Claud. 29.
II. To q. a pawn (at chess): *ex latrone reginam facere: v.MAN , No. V.
I. To play the part of a q. (cf. "I'll q. it no inch further," Shaksp.), reginam agere: cf. exulem ag., Cic. A. 1, 4: principem ag., Suet. Claud. 29.
II. To q. a pawn (at chess): *ex latrone reginam facere: v.
δέσποινα
δέσποινα, ἡ, mistress (f. of ‘master’), queen (noun)
πότνια
mistress, queen
βασιλίς
a queen, princess
βασίλεια
a queen, princess
βασίλισσα
queen
ἄνασσα
a queen, lady, mistress
queen, princess
νησοβασίλεια
queen of the islands
παμβασίλεια
queen of all, all-powerful queen
πολυπότνια
strengthd. for πότνια; mistress, queen
ποτνιάς
mistress, queen
πότνα
mistress, queen
ἀναξίμολπος
queen of song
ἀστράρχη
queen of stars
ἡγεμόνη
queen
ὀπωροβασιλίς
queen of fruits
ὑμνοάνασσα
queen of song
Ὑδρομέδουσα
Water-queen
δέσποινα, ἡ, mistress (f. of ‘master’), queen (noun)
πότνια
mistress, queen
βασιλίς
a queen, princess
βασίλεια
a queen, princess
βασίλισσα
queen
ἄνασσα
a queen, lady, mistress
appearing fewer than 50 times
βασίληqueen, princess
νησοβασίλεια
queen of the islands
παμβασίλεια
queen of all, all-powerful queen
πολυπότνια
strengthd. for πότνια; mistress, queen
ποτνιάς
mistress, queen
πότνα
mistress, queen
ἀναξίμολπος
queen of song
ἀστράρχη
queen of stars
ἡγεμόνη
queen
ὀπωροβασιλίς
queen of fruits
ὑμνοάνασσα
queen of song
Ὑδρομέδουσα
Water-queen