Arginusae

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Menander, Monostichoi, 348

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἀργινοῦσαι, αἱ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Arginūsae: or Arginussae, ārum, f., = Ἀργινοῦσαι or Ἀργινοῦσσαι,
I three small islands in the Ægean Sea, near Lesbos: classem ab Arginusis removere, Cic. Off. 1, 24, 84 B. and K.: Arginussae ab Aege IIII. M. passuum distant, Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 140 Jan.—And in sing.: circa Arginussam, Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 225.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Argĭnūsæ,¹⁶ ārum, f., Arginuses, îles de la Mer Égée, célèbres par la victoire navale de Conon sur les Spartiates : Cic. Off. 1, 84 || sing. Argĭnūsa, île près de Chio : Plin. 5, 137 || région de Phrygie : Plin. 8, 225.

Latin > German (Georges)

Arginūsae (Arginussae), ārum, f. (Ἀργινοῦσαι), drei kleine Inseln an der Küste von Äolis, der Stadt Mitylene auf Lesbos gegenüber, berühmt durch die Niederlage der Spartaner zur See unter Kallikratidas (i. I. 406 v. Chr.) u. die darauf folgende Verurteilung der siegreichen athenischen Feldherren, j. Janot-Inseln, Cic. de off. 1, 84. Val. Max. 3, 8. ext. 3. Plin. 5, 140.

Wikipedia EN

In classical antiquity, the Arginusae (Ancient Greek: Ἀργινοῦσαι Arginousai) were three islands off the Dikili Peninsula on the coast of modern-day Turkey, famous as the site of the Battle of Arginusae during the Peloponnesian War. They were also collectively referred to as Canaea after the city of Canae on the largest island. Today two of the islands remain, while the third and largest has become attached to the mainland as a promontory near the modern village of Bademli: