Tanais

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

(River) Τάναϊς, -ιδος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Tănăis: is, m., = Τάναϊς.
I The river Tanais, now the Don, Mel. 1, 1, 6; 1, 2, 1; 1, 2, 6 al.; Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 78; 6, 7, 7, § 19; Hor. C. 3, 10, 1; 3, 29, 28; 4, 15, 24 et saep.: Tanaimque nivalem, Verg. G. 4, 517; Liv. 38, 38.—Hence,
   1    Tănăītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of the country near the Don, Plin. 6, 7, 7, § 22; Amm. 31, 3, 1.—
   2    Tă-năītis, ĭdis, f., she that lives by the Don, i. e. an Amazon, Sen. Hippol. 399.—
   b A river in Numidia, Sall. J. 90, 2.—
   3    Tă-năītĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Don: potor Scythicae undae, Sid. Carm. 5, 479: crusta, id. ib. 11, 96.—
II A proper name of a man, Verg. A. 12, 513; Hor. S. 1, 1, 105.