Sēstos (-us), i, f., = Σηστός,
I a city in Thrace , on the Hellespont , opposite Abydos , the residence of Hero : Leandri amore pernobilis, Mel. 2, 2, 7; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; Liv. 32, 33; 37, 9; Ov. H. 18, 127; Luc. 2, 674; 6, 55.—Hence,
A Sēstĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sestos , Sestian : sinus, i.e. the Hellespont , Stat. S. 1, 3, 27: pelagus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 287.—
B Sēstus , a, um, adj., of Sestos , Sestian : puella, i.e. Hero , Ov. H. 17 (18), 2 dub. (the first two lines are probably spurious).—
C Sē-stĭăs , ădis, f., the Sestian , i.e. Hero , Stat. Th. 6, 547; Sid. Carm. 11, 71.