Ĕlissa or Ĕlīsa, ae, f., = Ἔλισσα, another name (occurring only in poetry) for
I Dido , Verg. A. 4, 335; 610; 5, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 18, 31; id. F. 3, 553 al.—Hence,
II Ĕlis-saeus (Elīsaeus), a, um, adj., poet. for Carthaginian : patres, Sil. 6, 346: tyrannus, i. e. Hannibal , id. 2, 239: lacerti, id. 15, 524.