agrippina

See also: Agrippina

Italian
the original sculpture

Alternative forms
  • greppina (rare, colloquial)

Etymology

From a statue, kept in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, which portrays Flavia Iulia Helena sitting on this type of chair, once believed to be a representation of Named after Agrippina the Elder.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ɡripˈpi.na/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Hyphenation: a‧grip‧pì‧na

Noun

agrippina f (plural agrippine)

  1. chaise longue (reclining chair with a long seat)
    Synonyms: chaise longue, (rare) cislonga
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