Zacynthus

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

Zăcynthus or -ŏs, i, f., = Ζάκυνθος,

I an island in the Ionian Sea , now Zante or Zacyntho , Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Liv. 21, 7; 26, 24; Verg. A. 3, 270; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Ov. H. 1, 87 al.

II —Hence, Zăcynthĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Zacynthus , Zacynthian : Calchas, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 104: bitumen, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178.

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