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|lshtext=<b>Pĕlŏponnēsus</b>: i, f., = [[Πελοπόννησος]] (the [[island]] of [[Pelops]]),<br /><b>I</b> the [[Peloponnesus]], the [[southern]] [[part]] of [[Greece]], so named from [[Pelops]], [[who]] [[settled]] [[there]], the [[modern]] Morea, Mel. 2, 3, 3; 4; 7; 8; 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53; id. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—Prov.: nos juveni, ut rogas, suppeditabimus et Peloponnesum ipsam sustinebimus, i. e. [[will]] [[exert]] [[ourselves]] to the [[utmost]], [[will]] [[try]] to [[make]] impossibilities [[possible]] (cf. the Greek [[proverb]]. Ἀρκαδίαν μ αἰτεῖς, μέγα μ αἰτεῖς), Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7; cf. id. ib. 10, 5, 2.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Pĕlŏponnensis, e, adj., Peloponnesian. —Subst.: Pĕlŏponnensēs, ĭum, m., the Peloponnesians ([[post]]-[[class]].), Just. 13, 5, 16 (Jeep. Peloponnensii); Curt. 4, 3, 16; 4, 13, 29.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Pĕlŏponnēsĭăcus, a, um, adj., Peloponnesian: [[litus]], Mel. 2, 7, 16: ora, id. 2, 3, 8: gentes, id. 2, 3, 5: [[bellum]], Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Off. 1, 24, 84.—In plur.: Pĕ-lŏponnēsĭăci, ōrum, m., the Peloponnesians, Mel. 2, 3, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Pĕlŏponnēsĭus, a, um, adj., Peloponnesian: civitates, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3: [[bellum]], Nep. Alcib. 3, 1; Thras. 1, 3: [[circa]] Peloponnesia tempora, [[about]] the [[time]] of the Peloponnesian [[war]], Quint. 12, 10, 4.—Hence, Pĕlŏponnēsii, ōrum, m., the Peloponnesians, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2; Vell. 1, 2, 5.
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|gf=<b>Pĕlŏponnēsus</b>¹² <b>(-os)</b>, ī, f. ([[Πελοπόννησος]]), le Péloponnèse [presqu’île de la Grèce, auj. la Morée]: Cic. Rep. 2, 8 &#124;&#124; <b>-nēsĭus</b> et <b>-nēsĭăcus</b>, a, um, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3 ; Off. 1, 84, du Péloponnèse &#124;&#124; <b>-nēsĭī</b>, <b>-nēsĭăcī</b>, ōrum, et <b>nēnsēs</b>, ium, m., Péloponnésiens, habitants du Péloponnèse : [[Varro]] R. 2, 6, 2 ; [[Mela]] 2, 52 ; Curt. 4, 3, 16.||<b>-nēsĭus</b> et <b>-nēsĭăcus</b>, a, um, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3 ; Off. 1, 84, du Péloponnèse||<b>-nēsĭī</b>, <b>-nēsĭăcī</b>, ōrum, et <b>nēnsēs</b>, ium, m., Péloponnésiens, habitants du Péloponnèse : [[Varro]] R. 2, 6, 2 ; [[Mela]] 2, 52 ; Curt. 4, 3, 16.
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