(adj.adj.adj.) : Tĕgĕa, ae (Tĕgĕē, Stat. Th. 11, 177), f., = Τεγέα
* A very ancient town in Arcadia, now Paleo - Episkopi, near Tripolitza, Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Poet. for Arcadia, Stat. Th. 11, 177; Claud. B. G. 576.— Hence
* Tĕgĕēŭs or Tĕgĕaeŭs, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tegea, Tegean; poet. for Arcadian: gens,Verg. A. 5, 299: Pan,Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 30; Verg. G. 1, 18: virgo, i. e. Callisto, a daughter of Lycaon, king of Arcadia, Ov. A. A. 2, 55; id. F. 2, 167: volucer. i. e. Mercury, Stat. S. 1, 5, 4. —Also subst.: Tĕgĕaea, ae, f., the Arcadian Atalanta, Ov. M. 8, 317; 8, 380: parens,i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander,id. F. 1, 627; called also sacerdos,id. ib. 6, 531.
* Tĕgĕātĭcus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: volucer,i. e. Mercury,Stat. S. 1, 2, 18; called also ales,id. ib. 5, 1, 102.
* Tĕgĕātae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Tegea, the Tegeans, Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37.
* Tĕgĕātis, ĭdis, f.adj., Tegean;poet. for Arcadian: mater,i. e. the Arcadian Atalanta,Stat. Th. 9, 571: capra,Sil. 13, 329.