Calpurnia

[ kal-pur-nee-uh ]

noun

1. flourished 1st century b.c., third wife of Julius Caesar 59–44. Compare Cornelia ( def 2 ), Pompeia.

Example Sentences

His wife, Calpurnia, however, had a nightmare in which he got stabbed.

From Time

Calpurnia's father proposed that this will should be opened and read in public at Antony's house; and this was accordingly done.

From Project Gutenberg

Finally, after much hesitation and debate, they concluded to employ a certain female for the purpose,—a courtesan named Calpurnia.

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At any rate, Calpurnia was easily led by such inducements as the conspirators laid before her, to undertake the commission.

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In this condition the widowed Calpurnia received the lifeless clay of him who had lately been sovereign of the world.

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A retort trembled on the wicked old lips, but Calpurnia, seeing it, made haste to ask if any of them had ever talked with Juvenal.

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