Latin

Proper noun

Chersonēsus f ‎(genitive Chersonēsī); second declension

1. Alternative form of Cherronēsus

Inflection

Second declension, with locative.

References

• Chersonesus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Chersonesus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

chersonesus ‎(plural chersonesuses or chersonesi)

1. (geography) Alternative form of chersonese

Derived terms

• Chersonesus Taurica, Chersonesus Scythia (Crimea)
• Chersonesus Thracica (Gallipoli)
• Chersonesus Aurea (Malay)
• Chersonesus Cimbrica (Jutland)