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Zacynthus

Zacynthus · f

an island in the Ionian Sea

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Zăcynthus — Lewis & Short

Zăcynthus or -ŏs, i, f., = *za/kunqos,

I an island in the Ionian Sea, now Zante or Zacyntho, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Liv. 21, 7; 26, 24; Verg. A. 3, 270; Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 62; Ov. H. 1, 87 al.—Hence, Zăcynthĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Zacynthus, Zacynthian: Calchas, Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 104: bitumen, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 178.

In the wild

6 of 31 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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