Πιθηκοῦσσαι

English (LSJ)

(as if from πιθηκόεις) (sc. νῆσοι), ῶν, αἱ, 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.