Eryce
See also: Éryce
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Erycem, accusative of Eryx, from Ancient Greek Ἔρυξ (Érux).
Proper noun
editEryce f
- Erice (a town and commune of the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy)
- 1585, Histoire de Diodore Sicilien, page 411:
- Himilco donques eſtant arriué à Panorme, & ayant deſcendu ſon armee en terre, cõmença à marcher contre ſes ennemis, ordonnant aux capitaines de la marine, qu’ils euſſent à le coſtoyer touſiours le long de la terre auec leurs galeres : & en paſſant ſon chemin, reprit par intelligence la ville d’Eryce, puis ſ’en alla camper deuant celle de Motye.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
edit- French: Éryce
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