βόσπορος

ον, Adj., ὁ
A. βοὸς πόρος Opp. H. 1.617) wrongly expld. by the Greeks as Ox-ford, name of several straits, β. Κιμμέριος, Θρᾴκιος, Hdt. 4.12,83, etc. (also applied to the Hellespont by A. Pers. 723, 746, S. Aj. 884, Sch.adll. cc.):—Adj. βοσπόρ‐ειος, ον, S. Fr. 707:
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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