noun

Leucădĭa

gen. Leucădiae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

and , , , = Λευκαδία

an island (previously a peninsula) in the Ionic Sea, opposite Acarnania, with a famous temple of Apollo; S. Maura

an island (previously a peninsula) in the Ionic Sea, opposite Acarnania, with a famous temple of Apollo, now S. Maura, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 8; acc. Leucada, Ov. M. 15, 289; id. H. 15, 172.—Hence,

adj., of; belonging to the island of Leucadia, Leucadian ••

Leucădĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the island of Leucadia, Leucadian: aequor, Ov. H. 15, 166: litus, Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5: vinum, id. 14, 7, 9, § 76; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 86: Dites damnosos maritos apud Leucadiam Oppiam, id. Curc. 4, 1, 24: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple in Leucadia, Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 76; 3, 1, 42; cf. Apollo, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 69: quotannis Tristia Leucadio sacra peracta modo (the Leucadians had a custom of casting every year a criminal from a mountain into the sea; they sought, however, by attaching wings to him, to break the violence of his fall, and to pick him up in boats, whereupon he was banished out of the island), Ov. F. 5, 630; cf. id. Tr. 5, 2, 76; id. H. 15, 165 sq.—

as a noun

the mistress of Varro Atacinus

Leu-cădĭa, ae, f., the mistress of Varro Atacinus, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 86.—

The name of a comedy of Turpilius

The name of a comedy of Turpilius, Cic. Tusc. 4, 34, 72.—

the inhabitants of Leucadia, Leucadians

Leucădĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Leucadia, Leucadians, Liv. 33, 17. —

the capital of Leucadia

Leucas, ădis, f., the capital of Leucadia, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5; Liv. 33, 17, 7; 11.

Perseus ID: n26346 Key: Leucadia