Πιθηκοῦσσαι
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
(as if from πιθηκόεις) (sc. νῆσοι), ῶν, αἱ,
A Ape-islands, off the coast of Campania, Arist.Mir.833a14, Str.1.3.10, etc.; one of them being specially named Πιθηκοῦσσα, Id.1.3.19; Πιθήκινοι νῆσοι, v.l. in Harp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Πῐθηκοῦσσαι: (ὡς εἰ ἐξ ἐπιθ. πιθηκόεις), ῶν, αἱ, δύο νῆσοι παρὰ τὴν ἀκτὴν τῆς Καμπανίας, Ἀριστ. π. Θαυμασ. 37, Στράβ. 54, κτλ., ὧν ἡ μία ἰδιαιτέρως καλεῖται Πιθηκοῦσσα, Pithecusa, Στράβ. 60, Πλίν. 3. 12· παρὰ τῷ Ἁρποκρ. καλοῦνται Πιθήκινοι νῆσοι.
