Tartessus
εἰ ἀποκρυπτόντων τῶν Μήδων τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ σκιῇ ἔσοιτο πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἡ μάχη καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἡλίῳ → if the Medes hid the sun, the battle would be to them in the shade and not in the sun
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ταρτησσός, ἡ.
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, plur., 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Tartēssus ou Tartēssŏs, ī, f. (Ταρτησσός), Tartesse [ville à l’embouchure du Bétis] : Plin. 3, 7 ; Sil. 3, 399 || -tēssĭus, a, um, de Tartesse : Ov. M. 14, 416 ; Sil. 10, 538 || = espagnol : Sil. 13, 673 || -tēssĭī, ōrum, habitants de Tartesse : Cic. CM 69 || -tēssĭăcus, a, um, de Tartessse : Sil. 6, 1 ; Col. Rust. 10, 370 || -tēssis, ĭdis, adj. f., de Tartesse : Col. Rust. 10, 192.
Latin > German (Georges)
Tartēssus (Tartēsus) u. -os, ī, f. (Ταρτησσός), eine uralte Küstenstadt im bätischen Hispanien, am Ausflusse des Bätis (Guadalquivir), Mela 2, 6, 9 (2. § 96). Sall. hist. fr. 2, 26 (2, 32). Sil. 3, 399. Avien. descr. orb. 613. – Dav.: A) Tartēssius (Tartēsius), a, um, tartessisch, murena, Varro fr.: litora, der westliche Ozean, Ov.: subst. Tartēssus, ī, m., der Tartessier, Cic. ad Att. 7, 3, 11. – poet. übtr. = hispanisch, Sil. – B) Tartēssiacus, a, um, tartessisch, Colum. – poet. übtr. = hispanisch, Sidon. – C) Tartēssis, idis, f., tartessisch, Colum.
