Caspĭum măre — Lewis & Short
Caspĭum măre, = to\ *ka/spion pe/lagos,
I the Caspian Sea, Mel. 1, 2, 1; 3, 5, 3; 3, 6, 10; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 31; Hor. C. 2, 9, 2:
pelagus,Mel. 1, 19, 13:
Caspius oceanus,Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 36:
Caspium aequor,id. 5, 27, 27, § 97 al.—
II Hence adjj.,
A Cas-pĭus, a, um, of or belonging to the Caspian Sea, Caspian:
sinus,Mel. 1, 2, 3 and 4; 3, 5, 3, 4 and 8; Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173:
litora,id. 6, 25, 29, § 112:
mons,i. e. a part of Taurus, Mel. 1, 19, 13.—And as subst.: Caspĭus, ii, m. (sc. mons), Plin. 5, 27, 27, § 99;
hence pylae or portae,narrow passes in the Taurus, id. 1, 15, 2; Plin. 6, 11, 12, § 30; 6, 14, 17, § 43; 6, 13, 15, § 40; Suet. Ner. 19;
so also via,Tac. A. 6, 33.— And subst.: Caspĭae, ārum (sc. portae), Tac. H. 1, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 46:
regna,the country on the Caspian Sea, Verg. A. 6, 798:
tigris,Stat. Th. 10, 288:
iaspis,Plin. 37, 8, 37, § 115:
gens,the inhabitants on the Caspian Sea, id. 6, 15, 17, § 45; 6, 13, 15, § 40. —As subst.: Caspii, ōrum, m., = gens Caspia, Mel. 3, 5, 4; Plin. 6, 13, 15, § 39.—
B Caspĭāni, ōrum, m., the same people, Mel. 1, 2, 4; Curt. 4, 12.—
C Cas-pĭădae, ärum, m., the same, Val. Fl. 6, 106.—
D Caspĭăcus, a, um:
porta = Caspia porta,Stat. S. 4, 4, 64.