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.—