Cherronesus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Chersonēsus, Cherronēsos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χερρόνησος (Kherrhónēsos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰer.roˈneː.sus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ker.roˈne.sus/,

Proper noun

Cherronēsus f sg (genitive Cherronēsī); second declension

Various peninsulas in the Hellenistic world, especially:
1. The Gallipoli Peninsula, the northwestern side of the Hellespont
  - 1511, Bernardus Sylvanus ed., Jacobus Angelus's translation of Ptolemy as Liber Geographica, Bk VIII:
    In nona Tabula[:] Iaziges metanastae[,] Dacia Vulachia[,] Mysia superior: Seruia[,] Mysia inferior Bosna[,] Tratia[,] Chersonesus.
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2. Ellipsis of Taurica Cherronesus: the Crimea

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cherronēsus
genitive	Cherronēsī
dative	Cherronēsō
accusative	Cherronēsum
ablative	Cherronēsō
vocative	Cherronēse
locative	Cherronēsī

Synonyms

(Gallipoli Peninsula): Thracica Cherronesus

References

“Cherronesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Cherronesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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