LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Arginūsae

Meaning

  1. three small islands in the Ægean Sea

Arginūsae or Arginussae, ārum, f., = Ἀργινοῦσαι or Ἀργινοῦσσαι,
I. three small islands in the Ægean Sea, near Lesbos: classem ab Arginusis removere, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 B. and K.: Arginussae ab Aege IIII. M. passuum distant, Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 140 Jan.—And in sing.: circa Arginussam, Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 225.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyArginusaeArginusae (αἱ Ἀργινοῦσαι), three small islands near the mainland of Aeolis, and near Canae on the mainland. (Strab. p. 617.) They lay between Canae an…

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What does Arginūsae mean in Latin?
Arginūsae, a proper noun, means “three small islands in the Ægean Sea”.