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Menander

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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Ναύπακτος, ἡ.

Of Naupactus: Ναυπάκτιος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Naupactus: (-os), i, f., and Nau-pactum, i, n., = Ναύπακτος>,
I a city of Ætolia, on the Gulf of Corinth, now Epakto or Lepanto, Caes. B. C. 3, 35; Mel. 2, 3, 5; Cic. Pis. 37, 91; Liv. 36, 30; 34 sq.; Plin. 4, 2, 3, § 6.—Hence,
II Naupactōus, a, um, adj., Naupactian: Naupactous Achelous, Ov. F. 2, 43.