Propontis

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

Prŏpontis (Prōpontis, Manil. 4, 676), ĭdos and ĭdis, f., = Προποντίς,

I the Propontis or Sea of Marmora , between the Hellespont and the Thracian Bosporus , Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76; Liv. 38, 16; Tac. A. 2, 54; Flor. 3, 6; Cat. 4, 9; Ov. P. 4, 9, 118.—Hence,

II Prŏpontĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Propontis : aqua, Prop. 3 (4), 21, 1: orae, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 29.

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