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Tartessus

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(adj.adj.) : Tartessus (Tartēsus), or -os, i, f.
* A very ancient maritime town of Spain, now El Rocadillo, near S. Roque, Mel. 2, 6, 9; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; Sil. 3, 399; 5, 399.—Hence
* Tartessĭus (Tartēsĭus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tartessus, Tartessian: litora,Ov. M. 14, 416: stagna,Sil. 10, 538: muraena, Varr. ap. Gell. 7, 16, 5.— Poet. for Spanish: tellus,Sil. 13, 673; 15, 5. —Subst.: Tartessĭi, ōrum, plur., the inhabitants of Tartessus, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154.
* Tartessĭăcus (Tartēsĭăcus), a, um, adj., Tartessian: aequor,Sil. 6, 1: thyrsi,i. e. lettuce,Col. 10, 370.—Poet. for Spanish: harenae,Claud. in Ruf. 1, 101: Iberus,Sid. Carm. 5, 286.
* Tartessis (Tartēsis), ĭdis, adj. f., Tartessian: lactuca,Col. 10, 192.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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