Spŏrădes, um, f., = Σποράδες,
islands in the Aegean Sea , between the Cyclades and Crete , Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 63.— Acc. Sporadas, Prisc. Perieg. 550.
SPO´RADES(Σποράδες), or the Scattered,a group of islands in the Aegaean, Cretan, and Carpathian seas...
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·noun ·pl Stars not included in any constellation; — called also informed, or unformed, stars. ...
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