Perinthus

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

Pĕrinthus (-os), i, f., = Πέρινθος,

I a city of Thrace , afterwards called Heraclea, the modern Erekli , Mel. 2, 2, 6; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 47; Liv. 33, 30.—Hence,

II Pĕrin-thĭus , a, um, adj., Perinthian (poet.): Menander fecit Andriam, et Perinthiam, the Perinthian , i. e. a comedy in which one of the principal characters was a girl from Perinthus , Ter. And. 9.

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