Pīraceus — Lewis & Short
Pīraceus (trisyll.) and Pīraeus, i, m., = *peiraieu/s; also Pīraea, ōrum, n. (poet.),
I the celebrated port of Athens, about five Roman miles from the city, with which it was connected by long walls; the Pirœus, now Porto Dracone or Porto Leone:
In Piraeea cum exissem,Cic. Att. 6, 9, 1:
venio ad Piraeea: in quo magis reprehendendus sum, quod homo Romanus Piraeea scripserim, non Piraeeum (sic enim omnes nostri locuti sunt), quam in quod addiderim: non enim hoc ut oppido praeposui, sed ut loco ... Secutus sum Terentium (Eun. 3, 4, 1): heri aliquot adulescentuli coimus in Piraeeum,Cic. Att. 7, 3, 10:
curre in Piraeum,Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 11:
ex Piraeeo abire,Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 59:
Piraeeus ille magnificus,Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Brut. 13, 51:
e litoribus Piraei,Cat. 64, 74:
Piraeeus et Phalera portuus,Plin. 4, 7, 11, § 24; Vell. 2, 23, 3.— In neutr.:
Sunion expositum Piraeaque tuta recessu Linquit,Ov. F. 4, 563.—Hence, Pīraeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Pirœus, Pirœan:
Piraea litora,Ov. M. 6, 446:
litus,Sil. 13, 754:
portus,Prop. 3 (4), 21, 23.