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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κλεῖδες (Kleîdes).
Proper noun
Clīdē̆s f pl (genitive Clīdum); third declension
- (hapax legomenon) A group of islands off the coast of Cyprus
c. 77 CE – 79 CE,
Pliny the Elder,
Naturalis Historia 5.130:
- in eodem situ Eleusa insula est, et quattuor ante promunturium ex adverso Syriae Clides, rursusque ab altero capite Stiria, contra Neam Paphum Hiera et Cepia, contra Salamina Salaminiae.
- 1942 translation by H. Rackham
- In the same neighbourhood is the island of Eleusa, and the four Clides off the cape facing Syria, and again off a second headland Stiria, and towards New Paphos Hiera and Cepia, and towards Salamis the Salaminiae.
References
- Clides in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.