χερσόνησος

English (LSJ)

ἡ, later χερρόνησος, poet. χερόνησος (q. v.), Dor. χερσόνᾱσος SIG709.52 (ii B. C.), χέρνασος (q. v.):—

   A peninsula, Hdt. 4.12, Th.6.97, Str.16.2.10, Plu.Pyrrh.6, etc.    2 island with a bridge to it, Paus.5.24.1.    II as pr. n., of various peninsulas, esp.    1 the Chersonese, i.e. the peninsula of Thrace that runs along the Hellespont, Hdt.6.33.    2 the Tauric Chersonese or Crimea, Id.4.99, etc.    3 the peninsula between Epidaurus and Troezen, Th.4.42.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1351] att. χεῤῥόνησος, poet. auch χερόνησος, ἡ, Landinsel, d. i. Halbinsel, Her. 4, 12. S. nom. pr.