cleopatra — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

closer, famed, golden, last, smart, synonymous

VERB + CLEOPATRA

love, name, write

CLEOPATRA + NOUN

caesar, caesar's, hieroglyphs, ii, julius, queen, rome, selene

PREP.

in

Definitions

name

1

A given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.

2

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

noun

1

A woman of great seductive beauty.

Inanna becomes the archetype for all the Cleopatras to come; she is "the bitch goddess" who from her first appearance in Sumerian civilization will live on in all other civilizations - in myth and legend, novel and poem, Shakespearean play and Hollywood film.

2

A variety of apple.

3

The Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra).

noun

1

The butterfly Gonepteryx cleopatra of the family Pieridae.

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Example Bank

6

01

Inanna becomes the archetype for all the Cleopatras to come; she is "the bitch goddess" who from her first appearance in Sumerian civilization will live on in all other civilizations - in myth and leg

Wiktionary

02

The name Cleopatra has become a byword for a beautiful woman.

Tatoeba · #329614

03

Cleopatra lived closer to our time than she lived to the building of the pyramids.

Tatoeba · #2740252

04

Cleopatra learned to speak Egyptian.

Tatoeba · #2740256

05

How do you write Cleopatra in hieroglyphs?

Tatoeba · #2740259

06

Cleopatra was Julius Caesar's lover and they had a child called Caesarion, or "little Caesar".

Tatoeba · #2740262

Usage Notes

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