Trinacris

Trīnā̆crĭa, ae, f., = Trinakria (with three promontories), the island of Sicily, Verg. A. 3, 440; 3, 582; Ov. P. 4, 15, 15; id. M. 5, 476; Just. 4, 2, 1.—Hence,

A.

Trīnā̆crĭus, a, um, adj., Trinacrian, Sicitian:

Pachynus,

Verg. A. 3, 429:

Aetna,

id. ib. 3, 554;

also called Trinacria rupes,

Cat. 68, 53:

mare,

Ov. F. 4, 287:

unda,

Verg. A. 3, 384:

litus,

id. ib. 1, 196:

viri,

id. ib. 5, 530:

pubes,

id. ib. 5, 450:

equi,

id. ib. 5, 573.—

B.

Trīnā̆cris, ĭdis, adj. f., Trinacrian, Sicilian: terra, i. e. Trinacria or Sicily, Ov. F. 4, 420;

also called Trinacris insula,

id. M. 5, 347:

Hybla,

id. Tr. 5, 13, 22.— Subst.: Trīnăcris (sc. insula), the island of Trinacria, Sicily, Ov. P. 2, 10, 22.