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Βόσπορος

Βόσπορος, Bosporus

Βόσπορ-ος, ὁ, (βοὸς πόρος Opp. H. 1.617)
  • wrongly expld. by the Greeks as Ox-ford, name of several straits, β. Κιμμέριος, Θρᾴκιος, Hdt. 4.12, 83, etc. (also applied to the Hellespont by A. Pers. 723, 746, S. Aj. 884, Sch.ad ll. cc.):—Adj. Βοσπόρ-ειος, ον, S. Fr. 707: Βοσπόριος, α, ον, Id. Aj. l.c.: Βοσπορεῖον, τό, name of a temple, Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91:
  • Βοσπορίτης [ι], ου, ὁ,dweller on the Bosporus, S. Fr. 503:
  • Βοσπορανός or Βοσπορ-ηνός, ὁ, inhabitant of the kingdom of Bosporus, Str. 7.4.7, 11.2.10, 16.2.39.

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