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noun

Pĭthēcūsa

gen. Pĭthēcūsae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
and , , , = Πιθηκοῦσαι
an island; the western and larger of two islands;; in the Tyrrhenian Sea •
an island (prop. the western and larger of two islands; whence the plur.) in the Tyrrhenian Sea, not far from Cumœ, the modern Ischia, Mel. 2, 7, 18; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; Liv. 8, 22; Ov. M. 14, 90: Inarime a Graecis dicta Pithecusa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 644.
Perseus ID: n36470 Key: Pithecusa