Laestrȳgon
ŏnis, m.
I.
an ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiæ, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641. —In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.—Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.—Hence,
II.
Laestrȳgŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Læstrygonians, Læstrygonian.
A.
In Formiae: domus, Ov. Ib. 390; cf.: rupes, Sil. 7, 276: amphora, Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.—
B.
In Sicily: campi, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.