Telmessus

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

Telmessus, Telmissus, or Tel-mēsus, i, f., = Τελμησσος or Τελμισσός,

I a town in Lycia , near to Caria , at the head of the Glaucus Sinus , now Makri; it was famed for the skill of its inhabitants in divination, Cic. Div. 1, 41, 91; Mel. 1, 15, 3; Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 6; Liv. 38, 39.—Hence,

A Telmessĭcus ( Telmissĭcus, -mē-sicus ), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Telmessus , Telmessian : Telmissicus sinus, Liv. 37, 16 Telmessicum vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74.—

B Telmissĭus , a, um, adj., of Telmissus , Telmissian. Ptolemaeus, Liv. 37, 56, 4.—As subst. Telmissĭi , ōrum, m., the innabitants of Telmissus , the Telmissians : Castra Telmissium, Liv. 37, 56 Drak. N. cr. (s. l. v.).—

C Telmesses ( -me-ses ), ĭum, m., Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; or Tel-messenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Telmessus , the Telmessians , Tert. Anim. 46. —

D Telmessis , ĭdis, adj. f. , Telmessian : sinus, Luc. 8, 248.

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