Cornelia


[kawr-neel-yuh] /kɔrˈnil yə/

noun
1.
flourished 2nd century b.c, Roman matron: mother of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus.
2.
flourished 1st century b.c, first wife of Julius Caesar 83–67?.
Compare , .
3.
a female given name.

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