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.