Θρινακίη

Θρῑνᾰκίη, ἡ, (θρῖναξ)

• a legendary island, Od. 11.107, etc.: afterwards identified with Sicily and written Τρινακρία (from τρεῖς, ἄκραι) (q. v.); cf. Τριναχία:—also Θρῑνακίς, ίδος, ἡ, Str. 6.2.1:—Adj. Θρῑνάκιος, α, ον, Sicilian, ῥίζα Nic. Th. 529.

Θρινακίη

• Epithet or the name of the island containing the oxen of the Sun Od. 11.107, Od. 12.127, 135, Od. 19.275.

Θρινακίη : a fabulous island, the pasture of the kine of Helius, Od. 12.135; identified by the ancients with Sicily.

Θρινακίη Θρῑνᾰκίη, ἡ, θρῖναξ

• an old name of Sicily, from its three promontories, Od., etc.:—in later times, the old form Θρινακίη was altered into Τρινακρία, Lat. Trinacria, as if it were compounded of τρεῖς ἄκραι. from θρῖναξ