a. [ L. Bosporus, G. Bo`sporos, lit., ox-ford, the ox's or heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer; fr. boy^s ox, heifer + po`ros ford. ] Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]