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Elissa

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Elissa ae ae, f.: another name for Dido, 4.335.

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Ĕlissa or Ĕlīsa, ae, f., = Ἔλισσα, another name (occurring only in poetry) for
  • Dido, Verg. A. 4, 335; 610; 5, 3; Ov. Am. 2, 18, 31; id. F. 3, 553 al.—Hence,
  • II Ĕlis-saeus (Elīsaeus), a, um, adj., poet. for Carthaginian: patres, Sil. 6, 346: tyrannus, i.e. Hannibal, id. 2, 239: lacerti, id. 15, 524.

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