English noun: Aegospotami |
1. | Aegospotami (object) a creek emptying into the Hellespont in present-day Turkey; at its mouth in 405 BC the Spartan fleet under Lysander defeated the Athenians and ended the Peloponnesian War |
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| Synonyms | Aegospotamos |
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| Instance hypernym | brook, creek |
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| Part meronym | Republic of Turkey, Turkey |
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2. | Aegospotami (act) a river in ancient Thrace (now Turkey); in the mouth of this river the Spartan fleet under Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (404 BC) |
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| Synonyms | Aegospotamos |
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| Instance hypernym | naval battle |
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| Part meronym | Peloponnesian War |
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