Elissaeus

Elissa or Elīsa, ae, f., = Elissa, another name (occurring only in poetry) for Dido, Verg. A. 4, 335; 610; 5, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 18, 31; id. F. 3, 553 al.—Hence,

II.

Elis-saeus (Elīsaeus), a, um, adj., poet. for Carthaginian:

patres,

Sil. 6, 346:

tyrannus,

i. e. Hannibal, id. 2, 239:

lacerti,

id. 15, 524.