Pithecusa

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Γυναικὶ κόσμοςτρόπος, οὐ τὰ χρυσία → Non ornat aurum feminam at mores probi → Die Art schmückt eine Frau, nicht güldenes Geschmeid

Menander, Monostichoi, 92

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Pĭthēcūsa: ae, and Pĭthēcūsae, ārum, f., = Πιθηκοῦσαι,
I an island (prop. the western and larger of two islands; whence the plur.) in the Tyrrhenian Sea, not far from Cumœ, the modern Ischia, Mel. 2, 7, 18; Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; Liv. 8, 22; Ov. M. 14, 90: Inarime a Graecis dicta Pithecusa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 644.