widow
widow
subs.
P. and V. χήρα, ἡ, or use adj., P. and V. ἄ̆νανδρος (Plat.).
Be a widow, v.: P. and V. χηρεύειν.
subs.
P. and V. χήρα, ἡ, or use adj., P. and V. ἄ̆νανδρος (Plat.).
Be a widow, v.: P. and V. χηρεύειν.
widow
v. trans.
V. χηροῦν (Eur. Cycl. 304); see desolate.
v. trans.
V. χηροῦν (Eur. Cycl. 304); see desolate.
WIDOW
vidua. To become a widow viduam fieri (Cic.); in viduitate relinqui (Liv. 40 4): a widow’s portion *pecunia viduae alendae sustinendae data destinata; *annua quae viduis praebentur: a widow’s fund *aerarium viduis sustinendis alendis; aerarium viduarium (Wyttenback).
vidua. To become a widow viduam fieri (Cic.); in viduitate relinqui (Liv. 40 4): a widow’s portion *pecunia viduae alendae sustinendae data destinata; *annua quae viduis praebentur: a widow’s fund *aerarium viduis sustinendis alendis; aerarium viduarium (Wyttenback).
widow: vĭdua: who was so long a w. without her husband, quae tam diu viro suo vidua caruit, Pl. Stich. 1, 1, 2. Phr.: to become a w., viduam fieri, Cic.: in viduitate relinqui, Liv. 40, 4: a w's fund, *aerarium viduis sustinendis, alendis, or aerarium viduarum (Kr.): w.'s alimony, *pecunia viduae alendae, sustinendae data, destinata (Kr.).
widow
Widows
- formerly did not marry again: Paus. 2.21.7
- pray to Aphrodite for husbands: Paus. 10.38.12
- sacrifice to Aphrodite before marrying again: Paus. 2.34.12