I.an epithet of the Black Sea. Usually connected with Pontus. In Ovid also freq.: “Euxinum mare,” Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 42; 4, 10, 97; 5, 10, 2; id. Pont. 4, 6, 46; cf. “aequor,” id. Tr. 5, 2, 63: “aquae,” id. Pont. 2, 6, 2: “fretum,” id. ib. 2, 2, 2: “undae,” id. ib. 4, 8, 1: “vada,” id. ib. 4, 9, 2: “litus,” id. Tr. 5, 10, 13; id. Pont. 4, 3, 51.—And absol.: Euxīnus , i, m. (sc. Pontus), Ov. Tr. 2, 197; 4, 1, 60.
Euxīnus , a, um, adj., = Εὔξεινος (hospitable),