Chrysa

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Chrȳsa, ae, or Chrȳsē, ēs, f., = Χρύση.

I A town on the coast of Troas sacred to Apollo , Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122; Mel. 1, 18; Ov. M. 13, 174 (cf. Hom. Il. 1, 390; 1, 452).—

II An island near Crete , Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 61.—

III An island of India , Mel. 3, 7, 7.

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