Cherronesus

Alternative forms

• Chersonēsus, Cherronēsos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χερρόνησος (Kherrhónēsos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰer.roˈneː.sus/, [kʰɛr.rɔˈneː.sʊs]

Proper noun

Cherronēsus f (genitive Cherronēsī); second declension

1. 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.

   2. Clipping of Taurica Cherronesus: the Crimea

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