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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

Bosporus

, G.

Βόσπορος

, lit.,

ox-ford

, the ox’s or heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer; fr.

βοῦσ

ox, heifer +

πόροσ

ford.]

Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.

The Alans forced the

Bosporian

kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians.

Tooke.

Adj.

[from Bosporus.] Pertaining to a bosporus, a strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a sea and a lake.

The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute, and exterminated the Taurians.

Bosporian ‎(comparative more Bosporian, superlative most Bosporian)

Of or pertaining to the Thracian or Cimmerian Bosporus.
The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians. — Tooke.