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novercalis
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : nŏvercālis, e, noverca
* Of or belonging to a step-mother (post-class.).
* Lit.: novercales ibat venator in agros Ascanius,of Dido,Stat. S. 5, 2, 118: atque novercali sedes praelata Lavino,called after Ascanius's step-mother, Lavinia,Juv. 12, 71: Mycenae,i. e. sacred to Juno, the stepmother of Bacchus,Stat. Th. 7, 177.
* Transf., of or like a step-mother, i. e. hostile, malevolent: novercalia odia,Tac. A. 12, 2: novercales Liviae in Agrippinam stimuli,id. ib. 1, 33: novercalibus oculis aliquem intueri,Sen. Contr. 4, 6: erat circa illum Zenobia novercali animo, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 16.
* Of or belonging to a step-mother (post-class.).
* Lit.: novercales ibat venator in agros Ascanius,of Dido,Stat. S. 5, 2, 118: atque novercali sedes praelata Lavino,called after Ascanius's step-mother, Lavinia,Juv. 12, 71: Mycenae,i. e. sacred to Juno, the stepmother of Bacchus,Stat. Th. 7, 177.
* Transf., of or like a step-mother, i. e. hostile, malevolent: novercalia odia,Tac. A. 12, 2: novercales Liviae in Agrippinam stimuli,id. ib. 1, 33: novercalibus oculis aliquem intueri,Sen. Contr. 4, 6: erat circa illum Zenobia novercali animo, Treb. XXX. Tyrann. 16.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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