Pĕlŏponnēsus, i, f., = Πελοπόννησος (the island of Pelops),
I the Peloponnesus , the southern part of Greece, so named from Pelops, who settled there, the modern Morea , Mel. 2, 3, 3; 4; 7; 8; 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53; id. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—Prov.: nos juveni, ut rogas, suppeditabimus et Peloponnesum ipsam sustinebimus, i. e. will exert ourselves to the utmost , will try to make impossibilities possible (cf. the Greek proverb. Ἀρκαδίαν μʼ αἰτεῖς, μέγα μʼ αἰτεῖς), Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7; cf. id. ib. 10, 5, 2.—Hence,
A Pĕlŏponnensis , e, adj., Peloponnesian. —Subst.: Pĕlŏponnensēs , ĭum, m., the Peloponnesians (post-class.), Just. 13, 5, 16 (Jeep. Peloponnensii); Curt. 4, 3, 16; 4, 13, 29.—
B Pĕlŏponnēsĭăcus , a, um, adj., Peloponnesian : litus, Mel. 2, 7, 16: ora, id. 2, 3, 8: gentes, id. 2, 3, 5: bellum, Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Off. 1, 24, 84.—In plur.: Pĕ-lŏponnēsĭăci , ōrum, m., the Peloponnesians , Mel. 2, 3, 9.—
C Pĕlŏponnēsĭus , a, um, adj., Peloponnesian : civitates, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3: bellum, Nep. Alcib. 3, 1; Thras. 1, 3: circa Peloponnesia tempora, about the time of the Peloponnesian war , Quint. 12, 10, 4.
V —Hence, Pĕlŏponnēsii , ōrum, m., the Peloponnesians , Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2; Vell. 1, 2, 5.