LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Leucŏsĭa

Meaning

  1. a small island off the coast of Lucania, near Pæstum

Leucŏsĭa, ae, f., = Λευκοσία,
I. a small island off the coast of Lucania, near Pæstum, now Licosa: Leucosiamque petit, tepidique rosaria Paesti, Ov. M. 15, 708; called also Leucothĕa, Mel. 2, 7, 18 (Jahn reads Leucasia, Plin. 3, 7, 13, § 85).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

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What does Leucŏsĭa mean in Latin?
Leucŏsĭa, a proper noun, means “a small island off the coast of Lucania, near Pæstum”.