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Cherrŏnēsus (-ŏs ), or Chersŏnē-sus , i, f., = Χερρόνησος or Χερσόνησος (a peninsula; hence),
I. Cherronesus Thracia, or absol. Cherronesus, the Thracian peninsula at the west of the Hellespont, the Chersonese, Mel. 2, 2, 7; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 48; Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 5; id. Pis. 35, 86 B. and K.; Nep. Milt. 1, 1 sq.; Liv. 31, 16, 5. —Hence, Cherrŏnenses or Chersŏ-nenses (contr. instead of Cherronesenses), the inhabitants of the Chersonese, Just. 9, 1, 7.—
II. Cherronesus Taurica, or absol. Cherronesus, the Crimea, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 19; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 85; 19, 5, 30, § 95.—
III. Cherronesus Heracleotarum, or Heraclea, a town on the western side of the Crimea, Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 78; 4, 12, 26, § 85.—
IV. A promontory in Argolis, not far from Trœzene, now Chersonisi, Mel. 2, 3, 8.—
V. Cherronesus Rhodiorum, a small promontory of Caria opposite Rhodes, on which the town of Cnidus stands, Plin. 31, 2, 20, § 30. —
VI. A small town on the Egyptian coast, Auct. B. Alex. 10.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.1.19
    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 2.19.5
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 35.86
    • Cornelius Nepos, Miltiades, 1.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 31.30
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.48
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 16
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