Cherronesus

• Chersonēsus, Cherronēsos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χερρόνησος (Kherrhónēsos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kʰɛr.rɔˈneː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ker.roˈnɛː.s̬us]

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.

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   2. ellipsis of Chersonēsus Taurica: the Crimea

Cherronēsus or Chersonēsus, by itself, just like Ancient Greek Χερσόνησος (Khersónēsos), simply means a paeninsula, meaning that, unless the context is clear, one should add an adjective to specify which paeninsula:

• Chersonēsus Aurea (“Malay Paeninsula (dubious)”)
• Chersonēsus Cimbrica (“Jutland”)
• Chersonēsus Cnidia (“Datça Paeninsula”)
• Chersonēsus Rhodia (“Bozburun Paeninsula”)
• Chersonēsus Sarda (“Capo Teulada”)
• Chersonēsus Taurica (“Crimea”)
• Chersonēsus Thracica (“Gallipoli Paeninsula”)

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “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.