(anc. geog.), the promontory Rhiunum in Achaea; so called because bent in the manner of a sickle.—Another Drepanum on the Arabic Gulf, on the side of Egypt. A third on the north side of Crete, situated between Cydonia and the Sinus Amphinius. A fourth on the west side of Cyprus. A fifth, a promontory of Cyrenaica, on the Mediterranean.

-i, or Drepana, -orum, a town and port on the west side of Sicily, and to the west of mount Eryx: Drepanitani the people. Now Trepiano, a city and port-town on the westmost point of Sicily. E.Long. 12.8. Lat. 38.0.