(adjective) : Dūlĭchĭum, ii, n. (Δουλίχιον Hom., Δολίχαι Strab.)
* An island of the Ionian Sea, southeast of Ithaca, belonging to the kingdom of Ulysses, perhaps one of the Echinades, but its situation is uncertain, Mel. 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 54; Verg. A. 3, 271; Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 67; called also Dūlĭ-chĭa, ae, f. (sc. insula), Prop. 2, 14, 4 (3, 6, 4 M.).—Hence
* Dūlĭchĭus, a, um, , of Dulichium, or poet., of Ulysses.— So, dux,i. e. Ulysses,Ov. M. 14, 226; id. R. Am. 272; cf. juvenis,Prop. 2, 21, 13 (3, 14, 13 M.): vertex,the head of Ulysses,Ov. M. 13, 107: portus,id. ib. 13, 711: rates,Verg. E. 6, 76: Irus,Prop. 3, 5, 17 (4, 4, 17 M.): manus,Ov. M. 13, 425: palatum,i. e. of the companions of Ulysses,id. Tr. 4, 1, 31: proci,i. e. of Penelope,Stat. S. 5, 1, 58; cf. Ov. H. 1, 87.

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