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Sēstos

Sēstos · f

a city in Thrace

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What it meant

Sēstos — Lewis & Short

Sēstos (-us), i, f., = *shsto/s,

I a city in Thrace, on the Hellespont, opposite Abydos, the residence of Hero: Leandri amore pernobilis, Mel. 2, 2, 7; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; Liv. 32, 33; 37, 9; Ov. H. 18, 127; Luc. 2, 674; 6, 55.—Hence,

A Sēstĭăcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sestos, Sestian: sinus, i.e. the Hellespont, Stat. S. 1, 3, 27: pelagus, Aus. Idyll. 10, 287.—

B Sēstus, a, um, adj., of Sestos, Sestian: puella, i.e. Hero, Ov. H. 17 (18), 2 dub. (the first two lines are probably spurious).—

C Sē-stĭăs, ădis, f., the Sestian, i.e. Hero, Stat. Th. 6, 547; Sid. Carm. 11, 71.

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