I. An ancient town in Etruria, not far from the coast, now Ansedonia, above Orbitello, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Liv. Ep. 14; id. 22, 11, 6; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 51; Vell. 1, 14, 6; Tac. A. 2, 39 al.—Hence,
B. Cŏ-sānus (Coss- ), a, um, adj., of Cosa: “litus,” Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81: “portus,” Liv. 22, 11, 6: “praedia,” Suet. Vesp. 2.—Subst.,
(α).
The territory around Cosa, Caes. B. C. 1, 34.—
2. Cŏsā-ni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Cosa, Liv. 33, 24, 8.—
II. A town in Lucania, in the territory of the Thurini, the same as Consa or Compsa, Caes. B. C. 3, 22 dub.