Tĕgĕa, ae (Tĕgĕē, Stat. Th. 11, 177), f., = Τεγέα,
I a very ancient town in Arcadia , now Paleo - Episkopi , near Tripolitza , Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Poet. for Arcadia , Stat. Th. 11, 177; Claud. B. G. 576.— Hence,
A Tĕgĕēŭs or Tĕgĕaeŭs , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tegea , Tegean; poet. for Arcadian : gens, Verg. A. 5, 299: Pan, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 30; Verg. G. 1, 18: virgo, i. e. Callisto , a daughter of Lycaon , king of Arcadia, Ov. A. A. 2, 55; id. F. 2, 167: volucer. i. e. Mercury , Stat. S. 1, 5, 4. —Also subst.: Tĕgĕaea , ae, f., the Arcadian Atalanta , Ov. M. 8, 317; 8, 380: parens, i. e. Carmenta , the mother of Evander , id. F. 1, 627; called also sacerdos, id. ib. 6, 531. —
B Tĕgĕātĭcus , a, um, adj., Arcadian : volucer, i. e. Mercury , Stat. S. 1, 2, 18; called also ales, id. ib. 5, 1, 102. —
C Tĕgĕātae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Tegea , the Tegeans , Cic. Div. 1, 19, 37.—
D Tĕgĕātis , ĭdis, f. adj., Tegean; poet. for Arcadian : mater, i. e. the Arcadian Atalanta , Stat. Th. 9, 571: capra, Sil. 13, 329.