Tĕmĕsa, ae; Tĕmĕsē, ēs; and Tempsa (Temsa), ae, f., = Τεμέση or Τέμψα,
I a town in the territory of the Bruttians , where there were copper mines , now Torre del Piano del Casale : Temesa, Mel. 2, 4, 9. Temese, Ov. M. 15, 52; Ov. 15, 707; Stat. S. 1, 1, 42: Tempsa (Temsa), Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 72; Liv. 34, 45, 4. — Hence,
A Tĕmĕsaeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Temesa , Temesan : aera, Ov. M. 7, 207; id. F. 5, 441; Stat. S. 1, 5, 47.—
B Tempsānus , a, um, adj., of Temesa : ager, Liv. 34, 45: incommodum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.