Tanagra

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

Tānā̆gra, ae, f., = Τάναγρα,

I a town of Boeotia , now Grimadha , Cic. Dom. 43, 111; Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 26; Liv. 33, 28; 35, 51. —Hence,

A Tānā̆graeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tanagra : meretrix, Cic. Dom. 43, 111: Choroebus, Stat. Th. 9, 745.—

B Tānā̆grĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tanagra : galli, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 6; Col. 8, 2, 4 and 13.

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