I.a town in Latium, formerly called Anxur, now Terracina, Mel. 2, 4 fin.; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 59; Cic. Att. 7, 5, 3; id. de Or. 2, 59, 240; id. Fam. 7, 23, 3 al.—Also called Tarrăcīnae , ārum, Liv. 4, 59.—Hence, Tarrăcĭnensis (Terr- ), e, adj., of or belonging to Tarracina, Tarracinian: “Ceparius,” Sall. C. 46, 3.—As subst.: Tarră-cĭnenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Tarracina, the Tarracinians, Tac. H. 4, 3.
Tarrăcīna (less correctly Terr- ), ae, f., = Ταρρακινα and Τραχίνη (cf. Trachas, Ov. M. 15, 717; the first a in Tarracina inserted like the u in Alcumena, Aesculapius, etc.),
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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