βόσπορ-ος,ὁ, (
A.
βοὸς πόρος
Opp. H. 1.617
) wrongly expld. by the Greeks asOx-ford, name of several straits,β. Κιμμέριος, Θρᾴκιος, Hdt. 4.12 , 83 , etc. (also applied to the Hellespont by A. Pers. 723 , 746 , S. Aj. 884 , Sch.adll. cc.):—Adj. βοσπόρ-ειος,ον, S. Fr. 707 :