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Lēander

Lēander · m

a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned…

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What it meant

Lēander — Lewis & Short

Lēander (Lēandrus, i, m., = *lei/andros,

Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.),

I a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep.—

II Hence,

A Lēandrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leander, Leandrian: natatus, Fulg. Myth. 1 init.—

B Lēandrĭus, a, um, adj., of Leander, Leandrian: Leandrius Hellespontus, Sil. 8, 622.

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