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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.
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