Leucata

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

Leucāta, ae, and Leucātē, ēs, f. (Leucāte, is, n., Serv. Verg. A. 3, 279.— Leucātes, ae, m., Claud. B. G. 185.— Leucas, ădis, f., Ov. H. 15, 172; Sen. Herc. Oet. 732),

a promontory in the island of Leucadia , now Capo Ducato , Cic. Tusc. 4, 18, 41; Liv. 26, 26; 44, 1: Leucatae nimbosa cacumina montis, Verg. A. 3, 274; Liv. 36, 15; Plin. 4, 1, 2, § 5.

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