Ortygia

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

Ortygĭa, ae, or Ortygĭē, ēs, f., = Ὀρτυγία.

I Another name for the isle of Delos , Serv. Verg. A. 3, 72; Ov. M. 15, 337; Fest. p. 183 Müll.

II —Hence, Orty-gĭus , a, um, adj., Ortygian : dea, i. e. Diana , Ov. M. 1, 694: boves, of Apollo , bred in Delos, id. F. 5, 692.—

II An island which forms a part of the city of Syracuse , now Siracusa , Verg. A. 3, 694; Ov. M. 5, 499; id. F. 4, 471.

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