Leucŏthĕa, ae, and Leucŏthĕē, ēs, f., = Λευκοθέη.
I The name of Ino, daughter of Cadmus, after she was received among the sea-gods; afterwards confounded with the Italian goddess Matuta : Leucotheë Graiis Matuta vocabare nostris, Ov. F. 6, 545; so, Leucothee (others Leucothea), id. M. 4, 542: Ino Leucothea nominata a Graecis; Matuta habetur a nostris, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 3, 15, 39; 3, 19, 48.—In Stat. Th. 9, 402, identical with Aurora .—
II Another name for Leucosia, v. h. v.—
III A fountain in the island of Samos , Plin. 5, 31, 37, § 135.