Leander

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

Lēander (Lēandrus, Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.), i, m., = Λείανδρος,

I a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm , Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep.—

II Hence,

A Lēandrĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leander, Leandrian : natatus, Fulg. Myth. 1 init.

B Lēandrĭus , a, um, adj., of Leander, Leandrian : Leandrius Hellespontus, Sil. 8, 622.