Drepana

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

Drĕpăna, ōrum, n., = Δρέπανα,

a town on the western coast of Sicily , now Trapani , Cato acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 3, 707, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90; Liv. 28, 41; Flor. 2, 2, 12.—Called also Drĕpănum , Verg. A. 3, 707, and Drĕpăne ( es ), f., Sil. 14, 269. The promontory in its neighborhood is called Promontorium Drepanum, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.— Drĕpănĭtānus , a, um, of Drepanum : pupilus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 57, § 140.— Plur. as subst.: Drĕpănĭtāni , the inhabitants of the promontory of Drepanum , Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 17; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.