Dūlĭchĭum, ii, n. (Δουλίχιον Hom., Δολίχαι Strab.),
I an island of the Ionian Sea , southeast of Ithaca , belonging to the kingdom of Ulysses , perhaps one of the Echinades, but its situation is uncertain, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Verg. A. 3, 271; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 67; called also Dūlĭ-chĭa , ae, f. (sc. insula), Prop. 2, 14, 4 (3, 6, 4 M.).—Hence,
II Dūlĭchĭus , a, um, adj., of Dulichium , or poet., of Ulysses. — So, dux, i. e. Ulysses , Ov. M. 14, 226; id. R. Am. 272; cf. juvenis, Prop. 2, 21, 13 (3, 14, 13 M.): vertex, the head of Ulysses , Ov. M. 13, 107: portus, id. ib. 13, 711: rates, Verg. E. 6, 76: Irus, Prop. 3, 5, 17 (4, 4, 17 M.): manus, Ov. M. 13, 425: palatum, i. e. of the companions of Ulysses , id. Tr. 4, 1, 31: proci, i. e. of Penelope , Stat. S. 5, 1, 58; cf. Ov. H. 1, 87.