The corpus record — Latin

Păchȳnum

Păchȳnum · n

the south-eastern promontory of Sicily

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What it meant

Păchȳnum — Lewis & Short

Păchȳnum, i, n., and Păchȳnus (-os), i (Păchўnus, m. and f., = *pa/xunos,

Avien. Perieg. 645; Prisc. Perieg. 482),

I the south-eastern promontory of Sicily, looking towards Greece, now Capo Passaro: ipsius promuntorium Pelorus vocatur vergens in Italiam, Pachynum in Graeciam, Lilybaeum in Africam, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 87: classis Pachynum appulsa, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 33, § 87; Liv. 25, 27: metas lustrare Pachyni, Verg. A. 3, 429; 7, 289: obversa Pachynos ad austros, Ov. M. 13, 725; voc. Pachyne, id. ib. 5, 351.

Where it came from

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