- Έλλήσποντος
- ΈλλήσποντοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: Orig. name of the Propontis and the Dardanelles with a part of the sea which opens to the Aegaean and the Gulf of Melas; since the 5th cent. often limited to the straits of the Dardanelle. (Il.). Cf. V. Burr Nostrum mare (Würzb. Stud. z. Altertumswiss. 4 [1932]) 11ff.Compounds: Comp. Έλλησποντο-φύλακες name of the custom officials on the Hellespont;Derivatives: Έλλησπόντιος, -ποντιακός, f. -ποντιάς `hellespontic', Έλλησποντίας, Ion. -ίης (ἄνεμος) name of the Northeastwind (cf. Chantr. Form. 95), Ion.-Att.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The traitional explanation as "Sea of Helle" is defended by Kretschmer Glotta 27, 29 against Burr (s. above). The old etymology seems most improbable to me.Page in Frisk: 1,500
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.