Pelorus

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

Pĕlōrus (-os), i, m., and Pĕlōrum, i, n., = Πέλωρος,

I a promontory on the north-eastern coast of Sicily , the modern Capo di Faro : Peloros, Ov. M. 13, 727: Pelorus, Sil. 14, 78: Pelorum, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 73; Mart. Cap. 6, § 646.—Hence,

II Pĕ-lōrĭtānus , a, um, adj., Pelorian : regio, Sol. 5.

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