Leuce

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

Leucē, ēs, f., = Λευκή.

I The name of several islands .

A Near Crete, over against Cydonia , now Fort Suda , Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 61.—

B In the Euxine Sea, near the mouth of the Borysthenes , also called Achillea and Achillis insula, now Oulan Adassi, Fidonisi , or Serpents’ Island , Mel. 2, 7, 2; Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93.—

II A city in Laconia , Liv. 35, 27 init.

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