Proconnesus
τὸ κοῖλον τοῦ ποδὸς δεῖξαι → show the heels, show a clean pair of heels, show the hollow of the foot, run away
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Προκόννησος, ἡ.
Proconnesian, of Proconnesus, adj.: Προκοννήσιος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Prŏconnēsus: i, f., = Προκόννησος,
I an island in the Propontis, abounding in wine and marble, now Marmora, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 32, 44, § 151.—Hence,
A Prŏ-connensis, e, adj., of Proconnessus, Proconnessian: marmor, Sol. 37 med.—
B Prŏconnēsĭus, a, um, adj., Proconnessian: ancilla, Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49: marmor, id. 36, 6, 6, § 47; 37, 10, 70, § 185; Vitr. 2, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Prŏconnēsus (-sos), ī, f. (Προκόννησος), île de la Propontide : Plin. 2, 151 || -nēnsis, e, Sol. 37, 7, de Proconèse, et -nēsius, a, um, Plin. 7, 49 ; 36, 47.
Latin > German (Georges)
Proconnēsus, ī, f. (Προκόννησος), Insel in der Propontis, berühmt durch ihren vortrefflichen weißen Marmor, j. Marmora, Vitr. 10, 2, 15. Mela 2, 7, 4 (2. § 99). Plin. 5, 151: Proconissos, Sidon. epist. 2, 2, 8. – Dav.: a) Proconnēnsis, e, prokonnensisch, von der Insel Prokonnesus, ancilla, Solin. 1, 60 (wo Mommsen Proconnesis): marmor, Solin. 37, 7. – b) Proconnēsius, a, um, prokonnesisch, von der Insel Prokonnesus, marmor, Vitr. 2, 8, 10. Plin. 36, 47 u. 37, 185: Aristeus, Plin. 7, 11. Gell. 9, 4, 3: Zoroaster alter, Plin. 30, 8.
Wikipedia EN
Proconnesus or Prokonnesos (Ancient Greek: Προκόννησος), also spelt Proeconesus or Proikonnesos (Προικόνησος), was a Greek town on the southwestern shore of Proconnesus island. Aristeas, the poet of the Arimaspeia, was a native. This town, which was a colony of the Milesians, was burnt by a Phoenician fleet, acting under the orders of Persian king Darius I. Strabo distinguishes between old and new Proconnesus. The inhabitants of Cyzicus, at a time which we cannot ascertain, forced the Proconnesians to dwell together with them, and transferred the statue of the goddess Dindymene to their own city. Under Diocletian's edict against Manichaeism, De Maleficiis et Manichaeis, offenders were sent to labor in the mines at Proconnesus. Its site is located near the town of Marmara on Marmara Island.
