noun

Lēander

gen. Lēandi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

(, Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.), , , = Λείανδρος

a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm

a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep.—

hence

adj., of; belonging to Leander, Leandrian •

Lēandrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leander, Leandrian: natatus, Fulg. Myth. 1 init.—

adj., of Leander, Leandrian •

Lēandrĭus, a, um, adj., of Leander, Leandrian: Leandrius Hellespontus, Sil. 8, 622.

Perseus ID: n26124 Key: Leander