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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Lēander</b>: (Lēandrus, Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.), i, m., = Λείανδρος,<br /><b>I</b> a [[young]] [[man]] of [[Abydos]], [[who]], in [[order]] to [[visit]] [[Hero]] in [[Sestos]], swam [[nightly]] [[across]] the [[Hellespont]], [[until]] he [[was]] drowned in a [[storm]], Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lēandrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Leander]], Leandrian: [[natatus]], Fulg. Myth. 1 init.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Lēandrĭus, a, um, adj., of [[Leander]], Leandrian: Leandrius [[Hellespontus]], Sil. 8, 622.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Lēandĕr</b>¹⁴ <b>(-drus)</b>, drī, m. (Λείανδρος), Léandre [amant d’Héro] : Ov. H. 18 ; Tr. 3, 10, 41 ; Mart. 14, 181, 1 &#124;&#124; <b>-drĭus</b> Sil. 8, 622 et <b>-drĭcus</b>, a, um, Fulg. Myth. 1, de Léandre.||<b>-drĭus</b> Sil. 8, 622 et <b>-drĭcus</b>, a, um, Fulg. Myth. 1, de Léandre.
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{{Georges
|georg=Lēander u. Lēandrus, drī, m. (Λείανδρος), [[ein]] [[Jüngling]] zu [[Abydus]], Geliebter der [[Hero]] in [[Sestus]], der allnächtlich [[durch]] den Hellespont zu seiner Geliebten schwamm, [[aber]] [[dabei]] seinen [[Tod]] in den Wellen fand, Ov. her. 18 u. 19; trist. 3, 10, 41. Mart. 14, 181; spect. 15, 1 u. 3. – Dav.: a) Lēandricus, a, um, leandrisch, Fulg. myth. 1. p. 4 M. (= p. 4, 3 H.). – b) Lēandrius, a, um leandrisch, Sil. 8, 622.
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