Clides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κλεῖδες (Kleîdes).

Proper noun

Clīdē̆s f pl (genitive Clīdum); third declension

1. (hapax) A group of islands off the coast of Cyprus
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.130:

     in eodem situ Eleusa insula est, et quattuor ante promunturium ex adverso Syriae Clides, rursusque ab altero capite Stiria, contra Neam Paphum Hiera et Cepia, contra Salamina Salaminiae.

     • 1942 translation by H. Rackham

       In the same neighbourhood is the island of Eleusa, and the four Clides off the cape facing Syria, and again off a second headland Stiria, and towards New Paphos Hiera and Cepia, and towards Salamis the Salaminiae.

References

• Clides in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.