Hellespontus: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Hellespontus</b>: i, m., = [[Ἑλλήσποντος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the Sea of [[Helle]], the [[Hellespont]], so named [[after]] [[Helle]], [[who]] [[was]] drowned in it, the [[modern]] Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: [[qua]] [[ponto]] ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf. [[pure]] Lat.: [[mare]] in Helles, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., the shores of the [[Hellespont]], the [[land]] [[around]] the [[Propontis]], Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; id. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the [[Hellespont]], Hellespontic: ora, Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one [[who]] lives [[upon]] the [[Hellespont]]: si [[quid]] habebit cum [[aliquo]] Hellespontio controversiae, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.—Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic: aquae, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24: [[Priapus]] ([[because]] [[born]] and worshipped in [[Lampsacus]], a [[city]] on the [[Hellespont]]), Verg. G. 4, 111.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the [[same]]: [[fretum]], Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., [[another]] [[name]] of the [[wind]] Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.