sinope
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Sinope, Sinopes:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
Sinope; (Greek colony midway along south shore of Euxine/Black Sea);
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...istuc? Cvrc. Dicam. quia enim Persas, Paphlagones, Sinopes, Arabes, Cares, Cretanos, Syros, Rhodiam atque Lyciam, Perediam et Perbibesiam..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...alta Carambis raditur et magnae pelago tremit umbra Sinopes. Assyrios complexa sinus stat opima Sinope, nympha prius blandosque..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...altera in saltu Vescino, Falernum contingente agrum, ubi Sinope dicitur Graeca urbs fuisse, Sinuessa deinde ab colonis Romanis..."