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Trinacria

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Trīnacria, ae, f.: the three-cornered land; Sicily, Trinacria, 3.440. (Τρινακρία, with three promontories)
Trīnacrius, a, um: adj. (Trīnacria), Sicilian, 3.384.

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Trinacriam Proper-name noun: feminine accusative singular of Trinacria

See Trinacriam in Morpho

Trīnā̆crĭa, ae, f., = Τρινακρία (with three promontories),
  • the island of Sicily, Verg. A. 3, 440; 3, 582; Ov. P. 4, 15, 15; id. M. 5, 476; Just. 4, 2, 1.—Hence,
    • A Trīnā̆-crĭus, a, um, adj., Trinacrian, Sicitian: Pachynus, Verg. A. 3, 429: Aetna, id. ib. 3, 554; also called Trinacria rupes, Cat. 68, 53: mare, Ov. F. 4, 287: unda, Verg. A. 3, 384: litus, id. ib. 1, 196: viri, id. ib. 5, 530: pubes, id. ib. 5, 450: equi, id. ib. 5, 573.—
    • B Trīnā̆cris, ĭdis, adj. f., Trinacrian, Sicilian: terra, i. e. Trinacria or Sicily, Ov. F. 4, 420; also called Trinacris insula, id. M. 5, 347: Hybla, id. Tr. 5, 13, 22.—Subst.: Trīnăcris (sc. insula), the island of Trinacria, Sicily, Ov. P. 2, 10, 22.

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