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Sardanapālus, Sardanapālī

(Sardanapallus, Sardanapallī)

Sardanapalus, Sardanapallus

Σαρδανάπαλος

noun (m., 3^rd Greek declension)

a celebrated effeminate king of Assyria, who at last burned himself, together with his treasures
a weak, effeminate person

Abbreviations

Sardanapālus (-pallus), i, m., = Σαρδανάπαλος, a celebrated effeminate king of Assyria, who at last burned himself, together with his treasures, Vell. 1, 6, 2; Just. 1, 3, 1; Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 101; Juv. 10, 362; Ov. Ib. 313; Val. Max. 4, 7 pr.

—Poet., as a designation for a weak, effeminate person, Mart. 11, 11, 6.

—Hence, Sardanapā-licus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Sardanapalus: Sardanapalicum in morem prandere, Sid. Ep. 2, 13 med.