Cothon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cōthōn, ōnis, m. [orig. a Semitic word, but identified by the Greeks with κώθων].

I In gen., a name given to any artificial harbor , Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 9 Müll.—

II Esp.

A The artificial inner harbor of Carthage , Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 427.—

B A similar harbor at Adrumetum , Auct. B. Afr. 62 sq.—

III The name of several islands , Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 56; Mel. 2, 7, 11.

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