Ithace

Ĭthăca, ae ( Ĭthăcē, ēs, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 41), f., = Ithakê, 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.