Pharmacusa
Pharmăcūsa, ae, f., = Φαρμακοῦσα,
- an island of the Aegean Sea, south-west from Miletus, where Caesar was taken by pirates, now Farmako, Suet. Caes. 4; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71.
Pharmăcūsa (-ssa), æ, f. (Φαρμακοῦσσα), île voisine de lʼîle de Crète : Plin. 4, 71 ; Suet. Cæs. 4.
PHARMACUSA
PHARMACU´SA (Φαρμακοῦσσα), a small island before the entrance of the bay of Iassus, not far from Cape Poseidion; its distance from Miletus is stated at 120 stadia. In this island Attalus was killed, and near it Julius Caesar was once captured by pirates. (Stadiasm. Mar. May. p. 282; Steph. B. s. v.;Suet. Jul. 4; Plut. Caes. 1.) It still bears its ancient name Farmaco.
[L.S]Pharmacūsa
(Φαρμακοῦσα). An island off the coast of Miletus, where Iulius Caesar was taken prisoner by pirates. (See Plutarch, Caes. 1 and 2.) Here, too, King Attalus died.