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Ἑλλησποντίας

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἑλλησποντίας

Structure: Ἑλλησποντι (Stem) + ᾱς (Ending)

Etym.: sc. a)/nemos

Sense

  1. a wind blowing from the Hellespont, from the N. E.

Examples

  • περιέχεται δ’ ἐν αὐτῇ πρῶτα μὲν ἔθνη τὰ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἀνατολῆσ Παφλαγόνεσ τε καὶ Φρύγεσ καὶ Λυκάονεσ, ἔπειτα Βιθυνοὶ καὶ Μυσοὶ καὶ ἡ Ἐπίκτητοσ, ἔτι δὲ Τρῳὰσ καὶ Ἑλλησποντία, μετὰ δὲ τούτουσ ἐπὶ θαλάττῃ μὲν Ἑλλήνων οἵ τε Αἰολεῖσ καὶ Ιὤνεσ τῶν δ’ ἄλλων Κᾶρέσ τε καὶ Λύκιοι, ἐν δὲ τῇ μεσογαίᾳ Λυδοί. (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 1 5:6)
  • ἄλλαι δ’ εἰσὶν ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκτὸσ Ἑλλησποντίᾳ θαλάττῃ, Ἰλίου διέχουσαι σταδίουσ τετταράκοντα πρὸσ τοῖσ ἑκατόν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 30:5)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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