Phălantus, i, m., = Φάλαντος,
I a Spartan who emigrated to Italy and there founded Tarentum : et regnata petam Laconi Rura Phalanto, i.e. Tarentum , Hor. C. 2, 6, 11; Just. 3, 4, 7.—Hence,
A Phă-lantēus , a, um, adj., Phalantean : Phalanteum Tarentum, Sil. 11, 16.—
B Phă-lantīnus , a, um, adj., Phalantine , poet. for Tarentine : Phalantinus Galesus, Mart. 5, 37, 2.—
C Phălanthum , i, n., poetic name for the city of Tarentum , Mart. 8, 28, 3.