Ebusus

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

Ebŭsus or Ebŭsos, i, f.,

I an island of the Mediterranean , on the coast of Spain , now Iviza or Yvica , Liv. 22, 20, 7; Sil. 3, 363; Mel. 2, 7, 21; Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 28; 15, 19, 21, § 82; Manil. 4, 368.—Scanned Ebūsus, Avien. Perieg. 621.—Also called Ebōsīa , ae, f., Stat. S. 1, 6, 15.

II —Hence, Ebusitā-nus , a, um, adj., of Ebusus , Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 76: humus, Mel. 2, 7, 22.

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