Laestrȳgon | Lestr-, um | Laestrȳgŏnes, a, um | Laestrȳgŏnĭus (noun M.m) : (), , m., more freq. in plur.: , , m., = Λαιστρυγόνες
* An ancient people of Italy, originally in Campania, in the region around Formiae, and afterwards in Sicily, who are fabled to have been savages and cannibals, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; 7, 1, 2, § 9; Gell. 15, 21; Juv. 15, 18; Mart. Cap. 6, § 641. —In sing., Ov. M. 14, 233.—Of Laestrygonians in Sicily, Sil. 14, 125.—Hence
* Adj., of or belonging to the Laestrygonians, Laestrygonian.
* In Formiae: domus,i. e. Formiae,Ov. Ib. 390; cf.: rupes,in Formiae,Sil. 7, 276: amphora,i. e. Campanian,Hor. C. 3, 16, 34.
* In Sicily: campi,Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 89.