Cherronesus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chersonēsus, Cherronēsos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χερρόνησος (Kherrhónēsos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰer.roˈneː.sus/, [kʰɛrːɔˈneːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ker.roˈne.sus/, [kerːoˈnɛːs̬us]

Proper noun

Cherronēsus f sg (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.

        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   2. Ellipsis of Taurica Cherronesus: the Crimea

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cherronēsus
Genitive	Cherronēsī
Dative	Cherronēsō
Accusative	Cherronēsum
Ablative	Cherronēsō
Vocative	Cherronēse
Locative	Cherronēsī

Synonyms

• (Gallipoli Peninsula): Thracica Cherronesus

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.