Bŏrysthĕnes, is, m., = Βορυσθένης,
I a large but gently-flowing river in Sarmatia , which empties into the Black Sea , now the Dnieper , Mel. 2, 1, 6; 2, 7, 2; Curt. 6, 2, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82 sq.; Gell. 9, 4, 6.—
II Derivv.
A Bŏrysthĕnĭus , a, um, adj., pertaining to the Borysthenes : amnis, poet. circumlocution for Borysthenes , Ov. P. 4, 10, 53.—
B Bŏrysthĕnis , ĭdis, f., adj., = Βορυσθενίς, the same: ora, Calvus ap. Val. Prob. p. 1395 P.—And subst.: Bŏrysthĕnis , ĭdis, f., a town on the Borysthenes , previously called Olbia , a colony from Miletus , now Kudak , in the region of the present Oczakow , or of Nikolajew , Mel. 2, 1, 6 (here erroneously distinguished from Olbia).—
C Bŏrysthĕnĭdae , ārum, m., the dwellers on or near the Borysthenes : hiberni, Prop. 2, 7, 18.—
D Bŏrysthĕnītae , ārum, = Βορυσθενῖται, the same, Macr. S. 1, 11, 33.