noun

Leucāta

gen. Leucātae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

and , , (, , , Serv. Verg. A. 3, 279.— , , , Claud. B. G. 185.— , , , Ov. H. 15, 172; Sen. Herc. Oet. 732)

a promontory in the island of Leucadia; Capo Ducato •

a promontory in the island of Leucadia, now Capo Ducato, Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Liv. 26, 26; 44, 1: Leucatae nimbosa cacumina montis, Verg. A. 3, 274; Liv. 36, 15; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5.

† leucē, ēs, f., = λεύκη.

The spotted dead-nettle

The spotted dead-nettle: Lamium maculatum, Linn.; Plin. 27, 11, 77, § 102.—

The white poplar

The white poplar, into which Leuce, the daughter of Oceanus, whom Pluto fell in love with and carried off to the infernal regions, was changed after her death, Serv. Verg. E. 7, 61.—

A kind of wild radish, horseradish

A kind of wild radish, horseradish, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 82.—

A kind of white spots on the skin

A kind of white spots on the skin, Cels. 5, 28, 19 (shortly before written as Greek).

Perseus ID: n26355 Key: Leucata