χερσόνησος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, later [[χερρόνησος]], poet. [[χερόνησος]] (q. v.), Dor. [[χερσόνασος]] <span class="title">SIG</span>709.52 (ii B. C.), [[χέρνασος]] (q. v.):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[peninsula]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 4.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.97</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.16.2.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>6</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[island]] with a [[bridge]] to it, <span class="bibl">Paus.5.24.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> as pr. n., of various peninsulas, esp. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> the [[Chersonese]], i.e. the [[peninsula]] of [[Thrace]] that runs along the [[Hellespont]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.33</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> the [[Tauric]] [[Chersonese]] or [[Crimea]], <span class="bibl">Id.4.99</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> the [[peninsula]] between [[Epidaurus]] and [[Troezen]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.42</span>.</span>