Tartessus (Tartēsus), or -os, i, f.,
I a very ancient maritime town of Spain , now El Rocadillo , near S. Roque , Mel. 2, 6, 9; Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7; Sil. 3, 399; 5, 399.—Hence,
A Tartessĭus ( Tartēsĭus ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tartessus , Tartessian : litora, Ov. M. 14, 416: stagna, Sil. 10, 538: muraena, Varr. ap. Gell. 7, 16, 5.— Poet. for Spanish : tellus, Sil. 13, 673; 15, 5. —Subst.: Tartessĭi , ōrum, plur., the inhabitants of Tartessus , Plin. 7, 48, 49, § 154.—
B Tartessĭăcus ( Tartēsĭăcus ), a, um, adj., Tartessian : aequor, Sil. 6, 1: thyrsi, i. e. lettuce , Col. 10, 370.—Poet. for Spanish : harenae, Claud. in Ruf. 1, 101: Iberus, Sid. Carm. 5, 286.—
C Tartessis ( Tartēsis ), ĭdis, adj. f. , Tartessian : lactuca, Col. 10, 192.