Lechaeum

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

Lĕchaeum, i, n., and Lĕchaeae, ārum, f., = Λέχαιον,

I the port of Corinth, on the Corinthian Gulf , Liv. 32, 23, 11; Stat. S. 2, 2, 34; Prop. 3, 20 (4, 21), 19; Stat. Th. 2, 381: Corinthiacus hinc, illinc Saronicus appellatur sinus: Lechaeae hinc, Cenchreae illinc, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 12.—Hence,

II Lĕ-chaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Lechaeum, Lechaean : spatia, Grat. Cyn. 227.

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