Pithecusa

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

Pĭthēcūsa, ae, and Pĭthēcūsae, ārum, f., = Πιθηκοῦσαι,

an island (prop. the western and larger of two islands; whence the plur.) in the Tyrrhenian Sea , not far from Cumae , the modern Ischia , Mel. 2, 7, 18; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; Liv. 8, 22; Ov. M. 14, 90: Inarime a Graecis dicta Pithecusa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 644.