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Tempē , indecl.
I.plur. n., = Τέμπη, τἁ
I. Lit., a charming valley in Thessaly, through which ran the river Peneus, between Olympus and Ossa, now valley of Lykostomo or Dereli, Mel. 2, 3, 2; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31; 16, 44, 92, § 244; Liv. 44, 6; 33, 35; Hor. C. 1, 7; 4; 1, 21, 9; “3, 1, 24: Peneia,” Verg. G. 4, 317; Ov. M. 7, 222.—
II. Transf., of other beautiful valleys: “frigida,” Verg. G. 2, 469; Ov. F. 4, 477; id. Am. 1, 1, 15: “Cycneia,” id. M. 7, 371; Stat. Th. 1, 485 (cf. written as Greek: Reatini me ad sua τέμπη duxerunt, Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5).
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.15.5
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.222
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.371
    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.317
    • Vergil, Georgics, 2.469
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 4.31
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 33, 35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 6
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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