ας (ἡ) [ῠ] Ortygia :
   I n. géogr. :
      1 anc. n. de Délos, OD. 5, 123 ; PD. O. 6, 92, etc. ;
      2 presqu’î. près de Syracuse, PD. P. 2, 6, etc. ; STR. 270 ;
   II n. de pers. :
      1 surn. d’Artémis, la déesse née à Ortygie, SOPH. Tr. 212 ;
      2 autre, PLUT. Am. narr. 12.

Étym. ὄρτυξ.

s. LGPN

Ion. -ίη, ἡ, (ὄρτυξ) Quail-island, the ancient name of Delos or Rhenaea, Str. 10.5.5 ; also of other places in Greece ; in one of these Artemis killed Orion, Od. 5.123; hence she is called Ὀρτυγία, S. Tr. 213 (lyr.). part of the city of Syracuse, otherwise called Νᾶσος, the Island, Str. 6.2.4.

Place, proper name

• cult center and stronghold of the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. (TOPOS text)
• Roman settlement in Ionia (western Turkey). (TOPOS text)