I.the Tyrrhenians, a Pelasgian people who migrated to Italy and formed the parent stock of the Etrurians, Verg. A. 11, 171; 11, 733; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50.—Hence,
A. Tyrrhē-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tyrrhenians or Etrurians, Tyrrhenian, Etrurian, Tuscan: “mare,” Mel. 1, 3, 3; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Hor. C. 1, 11, 6; 3, 24, 4: “aequor,” id. ib. 4, 15, 3; Verg. A. 1, 67.—Also personified: Tyrrhēnus , i, m., the Tuscan Sea, Val. Fl. 4, 715: “flumen,” i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 7, 663: “orae,” id. ib. 7, 647: “gens,” Ov. M. 3, 576: “rex,” Verg. A. 8, 555: “regum progenies,” Hor. C. 3, 29, 1: “parens,” id. ib. 3, 10, 12: “corpora,” i. e. of Tyrrhenians, Ov. M. 4, 23: “sigilla,” Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180.—Poet., for Italian: “pubes,” Sil. 1, 111.—
B. Tyr-rhēnĭa , ae, f., the country of the Tyrrhenians, Tyrrhenia, Etruria, Ov. M. 14, 452.—
C. Tyrrhēnĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tyrrhenians or Etruscans, Tyrrhenian, Etrurian: “Tarraco,” situated on the Tuscan Sea, Aus. Ep. 24, 88; Suet. Claud. 42.