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.
II —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 Troezen , 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.