I.a city in Thrace, on the Hellespont, opposite Abydos, the residence of Hero: “Leandri amore pernobilis,” Mel. 2, 2, 7; Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; Liv. 32, 33; 37, 9; Ov. H. 18, 127; Luc. 2, 674; 6, 55.—Hence,
A. Sēstĭăcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sestos, Sestian: “sinus,” i.e. the Hellespont, Stat. S. 1, 3, 27: “pelagus,” Aus. Idyll. 10, 287.—