Ĭthăca
ae, f.
I.
an island in the Ionian Sea, the kingdom of Ulysses, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Cic. Off. 3, 26, 27; id. Leg. 2, 1, 3; id. de Or. 1, 44, 196 al.: effugimus scopulos Ithacae, Laërtia regna, Verg. A. 3, 272.—
II.
Derivv.
A.
ĭthăcen-sis, e, adj., Ithacan: Ulixes, Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 63.—
B.
ĭthăcēsĭus, a, um, adj., Ithacan: sedes, i. e. Baiæ, said to have been named after the pilot of Ulysses, Sil. 8, 541. —
C.
ĭthăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ithaca or Ulysses, Ithacan: me data pensa trahentem matribus ostendens Ithacis, Ov. M. 13, 512: Aeolios Ithacis inclusimus utribus Euros, id. Am. 3, 12, 29: puppis, id. P. 2, 7, 60. — Subst.: ĭthăcus, i, m., the Ithacan, i. e. Ulysses: hoc Ithacus velit, Verg. A. 2, 104; Ov. M. 13, 98; 103; Juv. 15, 26; 10, 257.