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Tĕnĕdos or -us , i, f., = Τένεδος,
I.a celebrated island in the Ægean Sea, off the coast of Troas, named after king Tenes or Tennes (Gr. Τέννης), who received divine honors; still called Tenedos, Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 140; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 49; id. Arch. 9, 21; id. Mur. 15, 33; Verg. A. 2, 21 al.—Also the name of the capital of this island, Ov. M. 12, 109. — Hence, Tĕnĕ-dĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tenedos: Tenediā securi, according to the strict justice of king Tenes, prov., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2; M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9. —In plur.: Tĕnĕdii , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tenedos, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2; id. N. D. 3, 15, 39.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.11.2
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.1.49
    • Cicero, For Archias, 9.21
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 15.33
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.109
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.21
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.15
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