in Ancient Geography, a noble promontory of the Bruttii, in Italy, the fourth boundary of the Sinus Tarentinus and the Adriatic; all to the south of it being deemed the Ionian sea; it was famous for a rich temple of Juno, surnamed Lacinia, with a pillar of solid gold standing in it; which Hannibal intending to carry off, was, according to Cicero, disfavored by a dream. Now Capo delle Colonne, from the columns of Juno's temple still standing on the north-east coast of Calabria Ultra.