Abydus, A citie in Asia, vppon the sea side called Propontis, which deuided Europa from Asia, where the passage ouer exceedeth not much. 30. Furlonges. Oueragainst that standeth another towne, called Sestus.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Ăbdus and Ăbdos, i (in MSS. also Aboedus), f. (m., Verg. G. 1, 207), = *a)/budos, a town in Mysia, on the narrowest point of the Hellespont, opposite Sestos, now perh. Aidos or Avido, Mel. 1, 9, 1; Auct. Her. 4, 54, 68: ostrifer, Verg. G. 1, 207: mea, Ov. H. 18, 127; 19, 30 al.: Abydum oppidum, Plin. 5, 32, 40, 141.—II. Hence deriv.: Ăbdēnus, a, um, adj., belonging to Abydus: juvenis, i. e. Leander, Stat. S. 1, 2, 87; the same absol.: Abydenus, Ov. H. 18, 1.—In plur.: Ăbdēni, the inhabitants of Abydus, Liv. 31, 16.