I.an island of the Ionian Sea, southeast of Ithaca, belonging to the kingdom of Ulysses, perhaps one of the Echinades, but its situation is uncertain, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Verg. A. 3, 271; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 67; called also Dūlĭ-chĭa , ae, f. (sc. insula), Prop. 2, 14, 4 (3, 6, 4 M.).—Hence,
II. Dūlĭchĭus , a, um, adj., of Dulichium, or poet., of Ulysses.— “So, dux,” i. e. Ulysses, Ov. M. 14, 226; id. R. Am. 272; cf. “juvenis,” Prop. 2, 21, 13 (3, 14, 13 M.): “vertex,” the head of Ulysses, Ov. M. 13, 107: “portus,” id. ib. 13, 711: “rates,” Verg. E. 6, 76: “Irus,” Prop. 3, 5, 17 (4, 4, 17 M.): “manus,” Ov. M. 13, 425: “palatum,” i. e. of the companions of Ulysses, id. Tr. 4, 1, 31: “proci,” i. e. of Penelope, Stat. S. 5, 1, 58; cf. Ov. H. 1, 87.
