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Cornelia

[ kawr-neel-yuh ]

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 Calpurnia, Pompeia.
  3. a female given name.


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Example Sentences

The nominees—Cornelia Pillard, David Frederick, and Patricia Ann Millett—are qualified, capable candidates for judicial service.

I find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!

Instinctively with his first yawny return to consciousness he reached back under his pillow for Cornelia's letter.

Instantly from Stanton's mind vanished every conceivable sad thought concerning Cornelia.

More and more Cornelia's infrequent letters suggested exquisitely painted empty dishes offered to a starving person.

Oh, Stanton, I say, it isn't the ghost of the things that are dead that will ever come between you and Cornelia.

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