proper noun
Leucē
Meaning
- The name of several islands
Leucē, ēs, f., = Λευκή.
I. The name of several islands.
A. Near Crete, over against Cydonia, now Fort Suda, Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 61.—
B. In the Euxine Sea, near the mouth of the Borysthenes, also called Achillea and Achillis insula, now Oulan Adassi, Fidonisi, or Serpents' Island, Mel. 2, 7, 2; Plin. 4, 13, 27, § 93.—
II. A city in Laconia, Liv. 35, 27 init.
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyLeuceLeuce, PR. (Λευκὴ ἀκτή), a promontory of MARMARICA in N. Africa, W. of the promontory Hermaeum. On the white cliff from which its name was obtained th…GeographyLeuceLeuce 1. An island lying off Cydonia, in Crete (Plin. Nat. 4.12), which Mr. Pashley (Trav. vol. i. p. 51) takes for the rock on which the fortress of …