Chelonitis Save Lewis & Short Gaffiot 2016 Chĕlōnītis, ĭdis, f., = χελωνῖτις, an island in the Arabian Gulf, Plin. 6, 27, 32, § 151. 2 Chĕlōnītĭs, ĭdis, f. , île du golfe Arabique : Plin. 6, 151.