Proconnesus

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

Prŏconnēsus, i, f., = Προκόννησος,

I an island in the Propontis , abounding in wine and marble , now Marmora , Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 32, 44, § 151.—Hence,

A Prŏ-connensis , e, adj., of Proconnessus , Proconnessian : marmor, Sol. 37 med.

B Prŏconnēsĭus , a, um, adj., Proconnessian : ancilla, Plin. 7, 11, 9, § 49: marmor, id. 36, 6, 6, § 47; 37, 10, 70, § 185; Vitr. 2, 8.

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