Pausilypum

Pausĭlȳpum, i, n., = Παυσίλυπον,

• a mountain between Naples and Puteoli, which projects into the sea, now Hill of Posilipo, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; 9, 53, 78, § 167. There Vedius Pollio had a villa, which he left to Augustus, and which was afterwards possessed by the emperor Trajan, Inscr. Fabr. p. 199, n. 486.

Pausĭlȳpum, ī, n. , le mont Pausilype ou Pausilippe, promontoire entre Naples et Pouzzoles : Plin. 9, 167.

Pausilypum

(Παυσίλυπον, “grief-assuaging”). The name of a villa near Neapolis (Naples) which Vedius Pollio left by will to Augustus (Dio Cass. liv. 23; Pliny , Pliny H. N. ix. 167). The name has been given in modern times under the corrupted form Posilipo to the grotto between Naples and Pozzuoli, cut through the rock by the engineer Cocceius at the desire of Agrippa. See Neapolis.