noun

Pĕlŏponnēsus

gen. Pĕlŏponnēsi · gender feminine · decl. 2nd

= Πελοπόννησος (the island of Pelops)

the Peloponnesus; Morea; will exert ourselves to the utmost

the Peloponnesus, the southern part of Greece, so named from Pelops, who settled there, the modern Morea, Mel. 2, 3, 3; 4; 7; 8; 2, 7, 10; Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9; Cic. Rep. 2, 4, 8; id. Tusc. 3, 22, 53; id. Fam. 7, 28, 1.—Prov.: nos juveni, ut rogas, suppeditabimus et Peloponnesum ipsam sustinebimus, i. e. will exert ourselves to the utmost, will try to make impossibilities possible (cf. the Greek proverb. Ἀρκαδίαν μʼ αἰτεῖς, μέγα μʼ αἰτεῖς), Cic. Att. 10, 12, 7; cf. id. ib. 10, 5, 2.—Hence,

Peloponnesian; the Peloponnesians

Pĕlŏponnensis, e, adj., Peloponnesian. —Subst.: Pĕlŏponnensēs, ĭum, m., the Peloponnesians (post-class.), Just. 13, 5, 16 (Jeep. Peloponnensii); Curt. 4, 3, 16; 4, 13, 29.—

Peloponnesian; the Peloponnesians ••

Pĕlŏponnēsĭăcus, a, um, adj., Peloponnesian: litus, Mel. 2, 7, 16: ora, id. 2, 3, 8: gentes, id. 2, 3, 5: bellum, Cic. Rep. 3, 32, 44; id. Off. 1, 24, 84.—In plur.: Pĕ-lŏponnēsĭăci, ōrum, m., the Peloponnesians, Mel. 2, 3, 9.—

Peloponnesian; the Peloponnesians •

Pĕlŏponnēsĭus, a, um, adj., Peloponnesian: civitates, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3: bellum, Nep. Alcib. 3, 1; Thras. 1, 3: circa Peloponnesia tempora, about the time of the Peloponnesian war, Quint. 12, 10, 4.—Hence, Pĕlŏponnēsii, ōrum, m., the Peloponnesians, Varr. R. R. 2, 6, 2; Vell. 1, 2, 5.

Perseus ID: n34461 Key: Peloponnesus