οῦ (ἡ) Sèstos :
      1 v. de la Propontide (auj. près de Bigalı et d’Eceabat) en face d’Abydos, IL. 2, 836 ; HDT. 4, 143, etc. ; THC. 1, 89, etc. ;
      2 v. de Chypre, NONN. D. 13, 444.

➳ ὁ Σ. XÉN. Hell. 4, 8, 5, etc. ; gén. épq. -οῖο, Q. SM. 1, 268.

Étym. cf. σηστός.

ἡ, Hdt. 7.78, 9.115, and Att. acc. to St.Byz. ; also ὁ, X. HG 4.8.5, 6, Ephor. 155 J. ; — Sestos, a town on the European side of the Hellespont, over against Abydos, Il. 2.836, etc. ; — Adj. Σήστιος, α, ον, IG1². 203.10, al. ; poet. fem. Σηστιάς, άδος, Musae. 24, 189.

Place, proper name

• Archaic to Roman settlement of the Thracian Chersonese, Ecebat, Turkey. (TOPOS text)