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                    "description": "(adj.adj.adj.) : Hellespontus, i, m., = Ἑλλήσποντος\n* The Sea of Helle, the Hellespont, so named after Helle, who was drowned in it, the modern Dardanelles, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; 4, 12, 24, § 75; 4, 13, 27, § 92; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 21 Müll. (Ann. v. 371 Vahl.); Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 112; Ov. M. 13, 407 et saep.—Separate: qua ponto ab Helles, Poët. ap. Cic. Or. 49, 163; cf. pure Lat.: mare in Helles,Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 15.\n* Transf., the shores of the Hellespont, the land around the Propontis, Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63; Liv. 37, 33, 4; Nep. Paus. 2, 1.\n* Derivv.\n* Hel-lespontĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging  to the Hellespont, Hellespontic: ora,Cat. 18, 4; Lact. Epit. 5, 1.—As subst.: Helles-pontĭus, i, m., one who lives upon the Hellespont: si quid habebit cum aliquo Hellespontio controversiae,Cic. Fam. 13, 53, 2.—Plur., Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 123.\n* Hellespontĭăcus, a, um, adj., Hellespontic: aquae,Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 24: Priapus (because born and worshipped in Lampsacus, a city on the Hellespont),Verg. G. 4, 111.\n* Hellespontĭcus, a, um, adj., the same: fretum,Mel. 1, 2, 2; 1, 18, 5.\n* Hellespontĭas, ădis, f., another name of the wind Caecias, Plin. 2, 47, 46, § 121."
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