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Leucas

[ loo-kuhs ]

noun



Leucas

/ ˈluːkəs /

noun

  1. See Leukas
    a variant spelling of Leukas


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Example Sentences

Continet hic Isthmus leucas admod quingentas circuitu suo, emque occupant Soriqui populi.

Postridie mulier bene sana foco exsilit, & graui onusta sacco ad maritum quattuor inde leucas vegeta contendit.

I likewise find it upon several ancient coins of Leucas, and in the large mosaic in the royal palace garden in Athens.

The fact was, they were sorely afraid of being caught by the Athenians in the island, and so they made safely off to Leucas.

At the festival of Apollo at Leucas a victim flung himself from a rock into the sea, like the Hyperborean who was tired of life.

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