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.
