Halesa

Hălēsa (Halaesa and Alēsa), ae, f., = Ἅλαισα,

• a town on the northern coast of Sicily, on the river Halesus, now ruins near the village Iusa, Sil. 14, 218; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19; 2, 2, 75, § 185.—
• II Deriv. Hălēsīnus (Halaes- and Alēs-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Halesa: civitas, Cic. Fam. 13, 32, 1: Dio, of Halesa, id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19; 2, 3, 73, 170.—Subst.: Hălēsīni, ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Halesa, Halesines, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.

Halēsa (Halaesa), ae, f. (Ἄλαισα), bedeutende Stadt auf Sizilien, j. Ruinen nordwestl. von dem Flecken Tusa, Cic. Verr. 2, 19 u. 185. Sil. 14, 218. – Dav. Halēsīnus (Halaesīnus), a, um, halesinisch, von od. aus Halesa, civitas, Cic.: regio, Solin.: fons (= Halesus no. I), Prisc. perieg.: Dio, Cic. – Plur. subst., Halēsinī, ōrum, m., die Einw. von Halesa, die Halesiner, Plin. 3, 91.

Hălēsa, Hălēsus, v. Halæs-.

Halēsa

or Alaesa (Ἄλαισα). A town on the northern coast of Sicily, on the river Halesus, founded by the Greek mercenaries of Archonides, a chief of the Siculi, and originally called Archonidion.