Larissa
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λάρισα, ἡ.
of Larissa, adj.: Λαρισσαῖος.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lārissa: ae, f., = Λάρισσα,
I the name of several cities.
I In Thessaly, on the Peneus, now Yeni-shehr or Larissa, Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 80; Hor. C. 1, 7, 11; Luc. 6, 355.—
B Hence,
1 Lāris-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the town of Larissa, Larissean: Achilles, i. e. Thessalian, Verg. A. 2, 197; hence also, hasta, i. e. of Achilles, Ser. Samm. 46, 836: Coronis, Ov. M. 2, 542.—In plur. subst.: Lārissaei, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Larissa, Larisseans, Caes. B. C. 3, 81.—
2 Lāris-senses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Larissa, Larisseans, Liv. 31, 31.—
II A city in Phthiotis, also called Larissa Cremaste, near the modern Gardhiki, Liv. 31, 46; 42, 56.—
III A fortress of Argos, Liv. 32, 25, 5.
