Tagaste

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Tagastē, ēs, f.,

I a city in Numidia , south-east of Hippo Regius, the birthplace of St. Augustine, now the ruins of Tagilt, Itin. Anton. p. 44, 6.

II —Hence, Tagasten-sis , e, adj., of Tagaste : oppidum, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30: municeps, Aug. Conf. 2, 3.

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