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P / Pausĭlȳpum
noun

Pausĭlȳpum

gen. Pausĭlȳpi · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
= Παυσίλυπον
a mountain between Naples and Puteoli; which projects into the sea; Hill of Posilipo
a mountain between Naples and Puteoli, which projects into the sea, now Hill of Posilipo, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; 9, 53, 78, § 167. There Vedius Pollio had a villa, which he left to Augustus, and which was afterwards possessed by the emperor Trajan, Inscr. Fabr. p. 199, n. 486.
Perseus ID: n34214 Key: Pausilypum