Propontiacus

Propontiacus
Prŏpontis (Prōpontis, Manil. 4, 676), ĭdos and ĭdis, f., = Propontis, the Propontis or Sea of Marmora, between the Hellespont and the Thracian Bosporus, Mel. 1, 1, 5; 1, 3, 1; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76; Liv. 38, 16; Tac. A. 2, 54; Flor. 3, 6; Cat. 4, 9; Ov. P. 4, 9, 118.—Hence,
II.
Prŏpontĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Propontis:

aqua,

Prop. 3 (4), 21, 1:

orae,

Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 29.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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  • PROPONTIS — I. PROPONTIS provinc. Praetoria, Augusti temporibus, sicut Bithynia et Ponticae pars, ab Asiae specialiappellatione separata: ut cuius pars citerioris seu proprie dictae Asiae terminus fuit, ab Occidente. Vide cundem ad Solin. p. 802. et 809. et… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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