χερσόνησ-ος,ἡ, laterχερρόνησος, poet.χερόνησος(q. v.), Dor.
χερσόνᾱσος
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(ii B. C.),χέρνασος(q. v.):—
A. peninsula,
Hdt. 4.12 , Th. 6.97 , Str. 16.2.10 , Plu. Pyrrh. 6 , etc.
2. island with a bridge to it,
Paus. 5.24.1 .
II. as pr. n., of various peninsulas, esp.
1. the Chersonese,i.e. the peninsula of Thrace that runs along the Hellespont, Hdt. 6.33 .
2. theTauric ChersoneseorCrimea,
Id. 4.99 , etc.
3. the peninsula between Epidaurus and Troezen, Th. 4.42 .