(adjective) : Taenărus (-os), i, comm., and Tae-nărum (-on), i, n., = Ταίναρος and Ταίναρον
* A promontory and town in Laconia;on the promontory (now Cape Matapan) was a temple of Neptune, and near it a cavern, the fabled entrance to the infernal regions; it was also famous for its black marble, Mel. 2, 3, 8; Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16; Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 181 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 4 Rib.); Sen. Herc. Fur. 662; Luc. 9, 36; Stat. Th. 2, 32 sq.; Tib. 3, 3, 14; Serv. Verg. G. 4, 467.— Poet., for the infernal regions: invisi horrida Taenari Sedes,Hor. C. 1, 34, 10; Sen. Troad. 402.—Hence
* Taenărĭus, a, um, , of or belonging to Taenarus, Taenarian; poet. also = Laconian, Spartan: litus,Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 28 (Jahn: Taenarum in litus): humus,Ov. H. 15 (16), 274: columnae,of Taenarian marble,Prop. 3 (4), 1, 49. so, lapis,Plin. 36, 18, 29, § 135: deus,i. e. Neptune,Prop. 1, 13, 22: Taenariae fauces, alta ostia Ditis,i. e. the entrance of the infernal regions,Verg. G. 4, 467; so, fauces,Luc. 6, 648: porta,Ov. M. 10, 13; cf. vallis,the infernal regions,id. F. 4, 612: currus,i. e. of Pluto,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2: Eurotas,Laconian, Spartan,Ov. M. 2, 247: marita,i. e. Helen,id. H. 13, 45.
* Taenărĭdes, ae, m., the Taenarian;poet. for the Laconian, i. e. Hyacinthus, Ov. M. 10, 183.
* Taenăris, ĭdis, adj. f., Taenarian;poet. for Laconian, Spartan: ora,Ov. H. 17, 6: terra,id. ib. 16, 30.