Peloponnesius

Pĕlŏponnēsus, i, f., = Peloponnêsos (the island of Pelops), the Peloponnesus, the southern part of Greece, so named from Pelops, who settled there, the modern Morea, Mel. 2, 3, 3; 4; 7; 8; 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53; id. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—Prov.: nos juveni, ut rogas, suppeditabimus et Peloponnesum ipsam sustinebimus, i. e. will exert ourselves to the utmost, will try to make impossibilities possible (cf. the Greek proverb. Arkadian m aiteis, mega m aiteis), Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7; cf. id. ib. 10, 5, 2.—Hence,

A.

Pĕlŏponnensis, e, adj., Peloponnesian. — Subst.: Pĕlŏponnensēs, ĭum, m., the Peloponnesians (post-class.), Just. 13, 5, 16 (Jeep. Peloponnensii); Curt. 4, 3, 16; 4, 13, 29.—

B.

Pĕlŏponnēsĭăcus, a, um, adj., Peloponnesian:

litus,

Mel. 2, 7, 16:

ora,

id. 2, 3, 8:

gentes,

id. 2, 3, 5:

bellum,

Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Off. 1, 24, 84.—In plur.: Pĕlŏponnēsĭăci, ōrum, m., the Peloponnesians, Mel. 2, 3, 9.—

C.

Pĕlŏponnēsĭus, a, um, adj., Peloponnesian:

civitates,

Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3:

bellum,

Nep. Alcib. 3, 1;

Thras. 1, 3: circa Peloponnesia tempora,

about the time of the Peloponnesian war, Quint. 12, 10, 4.—Hence, Pĕlŏponnēsii, ōrum, m., the Peloponnesians, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2; Vell. 1, 2, 5.