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Hellespontus , i, m., = Ἑλλήσποντος,
I.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.—
B. Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.—
II. Derivv.
A. 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.—
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.—
C. Hellespontĭcus , a, um, adj., the same: “fretum,” Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5. —
D. Hellespontĭas , ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121.
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 (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 13.53.2
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.63
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.407
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.111
    • Cornelius Nepos, Pausanias, 2.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.49
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 33.4
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.34
    • Ovid, Tristia, 1.10
    • Cicero, Orator, 49.163
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