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Cherronesus
Cherronesus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χερρόνησος (Kherrhónēsos).
Proper noun
Cherronēsus f (genitive Cherronēsī); second declension
- Various peninsulas in the Hellenistic world, especially:
- The Gallipoli Peninsula, the northwestern side of the Hellespont
- 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:
- Short for Taurica Cherronesus: the Crimea
- The Gallipoli Peninsula, the northwestern side of the Hellespont
Inflection
Second declension, with locative.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
nominative | Cherronēsus |
genitive | Cherronēsī |
dative | Cherronēsō |
accusative | Cherronēsum |
ablative | Cherronēsō |
vocative | Cherronēse |
locative | Cherronēsī |
Synonyms
- (Gallipoli Peninsula): Thracica Cherronesus
References
- Cherronesus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Cherronesus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.