noun

Păchȳnum

gen. Păchȳni · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

and (), (Păchўnus, Avien. Perieg. 645; Prisc. Perieg. 482), and , = Πάχυνος

the south-eastern promontory of Sicily; looking towards Greece; Capo Passaro ••

the south-eastern promontory of Sicily, looking towards Greece, now Capo Passaro: ipsius promuntorium Pelorus vocatur vergens in Italiam, Pachynum in Graeciam, Lilybaeum in Africam, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87: classis Pachynum appulsa, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87; Liv. 25, 27: metas lustrare Pachyni, Verg. A. 3, 429; 7, 289: obversa Pachynos ad austros, Ov. M. 13, 725; voc. Pachyne, id. ib. 5, 351.

Perseus ID: n33297 Key: Pachynum