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|Text=[[Σῆστος]], ἡ.

[[of Sestos]], adj.: [[Σήστιος]].
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Sēstos</b>: (-us), i, f., = [[Σηστός]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[city]] in [[Thrace]], on the [[Hellespont]], [[opposite]] [[Abydos]], the [[residence]] of [[Hero]]: Leandri amore [[pernobilis]], Mel. 2, 2, 7; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; Liv. 32, 33; 37, 9; Ov. H. 18, 127; Luc. 2, 674; 6, 55.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Sēstĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Sestos]], Sestian: [[sinus]], i.e. the [[Hellespont]], Stat. S. 1, 3, 27: [[pelagus]], Aus. Idyll. 10, 287.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Sēstus, a, um, adj., of [[Sestos]], Sestian: [[puella]], i.e. [[Hero]], Ov. H. 17 (18), 2 dub. (the [[first]] [[two]] lines are [[probably]] [[spurious]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Sē-stĭăs, ădis, f., the Sestian, i.e. [[Hero]], Stat. Th. 6, 547; Sid. Carm. 11, 71.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>Sēstŏs</b> <b>(-us)</b>, ī, f. ([[Σηστός]]), ville de Thrace, en [[face]] d’Abydos [v. légende de Héro et Léandre] : Plin. 4, 49.
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{{Georges
|georg=Sēstos u. Sēstus, ī, f. ([[Σηστός]]), eine [[Stadt]] in Thrazien am Hellespont, Wohnort der [[Hero]] (s. Ov. her. 17 u. 18), [[nach]] Reichard j. Jalova, [[Mela]] 2, 2. 7 (2. § 26). Liv. 32, 33, 7. Lucan. 2, 674. – Dav.: A) Sēstiacus, a, um (Σηστιακός), sestiacisch, Stat. u. [[Auson]]. – B) Sēstias, adis, f. (Σηστιάς), die Sestierin = [[Hero]], Stat. u. [[Sidon]]. – C) Sēstus, a, um, aus [[Sestos]], sestisch, [[puella]], [[Hero]], Ov. her. 17 (18), 2 (Ehwald liest Sesti [[puella]]).
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