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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πιτυοῦσσαι (Pituoûssai).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pityūsae f pl (genitive Pityūsārum); first declension
- two islands on the southern coast of Spain, called Ebusus and Ophiusa
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Pityusae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Pityusae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.