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Therapnae

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(adjective) : Thĕrapnae (Thĕramnae), ārum, = Θεράπναι, or -ē, ēs, f., = Θεράπνη
* A small town in Laconia, the birthplace of Helen, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Stat. S. 4, 8, 53.—Hence, Thĕ-rapnaeus (Thĕramn-), a, um, , of or belonging to Therapnae, Therapnaean; in the poets for Laconian, Spartan: rus,Ov. H. 15 (16), 196: marita,i. e. Helen,id. A. A. 3, 49: fratres,i. e. Castor and Pollux,Stat. Th. 7, 793; cf.: membra Therapnaea resolutus gymnade Pollux,id. S. 4, 2, 48: Amyclae,Mart. 9, 104, 5.—And, as the Tarentines were an off-shoot from the Laconians, sometimes also for Tarentine: Galesus,Stat. S. 2, 2, 111.—For the same reason, also for Sabine: sanguine Clausi,Sil. 8, 414.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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