Definition of Hellespontus
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LNS
Hellespontus, Hellespontī
Hellespontus
Ἑλλήσποντος
noun (m., 3rd Greek declension)
  1. the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after
  2. who was drowned in it
  3. Dardanelles
  4. the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis
Abbreviations
Hellespontus, i, m., = Ἑλλήσποντος, the Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Mull. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.

—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poet. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf. pure Lat.: mare in Helles, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.

— Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.

— Derivv. Hel-lespontius, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hellespont, Hellespontic: ora, Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.

—As subst.: Helles-pontius, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont: si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.

—Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.

— Hellespontiacus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic: aquae, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24: Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont), Verg. G. 4, 111.

— Hellesponticus, a, um, adj., the same: fretum, Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5.

— Hellespontias, adis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.
 
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