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Ĭthăca , ae (Ĭthăcē , ēs, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41), f., = Ἰθάκη,
I.an island in the Ionian Sea, the kingdom of Ulysses, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Cic. Off. 3, 26, 27; id. Leg. 2, 1, 3; id. de Or. 1, 44, 196 al.: “effugimus scopulos Ithacae, Laërtia regna,” Verg. A. 3, 272.—
II. Derivv.
A. Ĭthăcen-sis , e, adj., Ithacan: “Ulixes,” Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 63.—
B. Ĭthăcēsĭus , a, um, adj., Ithacan: sedes, i. e. Baiæ, said to have been named after the pilot of Ulysses, Sil. 8, 541. —
C. Ĭthăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ithaca or Ulysses, Ithacan: “me data pensa trahentem matribus ostendens Ithacis,” Ov. M. 13, 512: “Aeolios Ithacis inclusimus utribus Euros,” id. Am. 3, 12, 29: “puppis,” id. P. 2, 7, 60. — Subst.: Ĭthăcus , i, m., the Ithacan, i. e. Ulysses: “hoc Ithacus velit,” Verg. A. 2, 104; Ov. M. 13, 98; 103; Juv. 15, 26; 10, 257.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.98
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.512
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.104
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 3.272
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.44
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.1
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.26
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.7
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