Hellespontus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛl.leːsˈpɔn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [el.lesˈpɔn.tus] === Proper noun === Hellēspontus m (genitive Hellēspontī); second declension Hellespont ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: Hellespont === References === “Hellespontus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hellespontus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.