Tartessus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Of Tartessus, adj.: Ταρτήσσιος.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Tartessus: (Tartēsus), or -os, i, f.,
I 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,
   A 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, <number opt="n">plur.</number>, the inhabitants of Tartessus, Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154.—
   B 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.—
   C Tartessis (Tartēsis), ĭdis, adj. f., Tartessian: lactuca, Col. 10, 192.