Lewis Short
Messāpĭa | Mesāpĭa, a, um | Messāpĭus, ōrum | Mesāp- | Messāpii | Mesāp- (noun F.m) : ()
* The old name of a part of Lower Italy (Apulia and Calabria): Messapia Apulia a Messapo rege appellata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.; cf. Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 99.—Hence, (), , adj., of or belonging to Messapia, Messapian, Apulian, Calabrian: arva,Ov. M. 14, 513.—In plur., as subst.: (), , , the Messapians, Liv. 8, 24.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary