Dūlichium, 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 Dūli-chia, ae, f. (sc. insula), Prop. 2, 14, 4 (3, 6, 4 M.).
—Hence,
Dūlichius, a, um, adj., 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.