Tempe

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

Tempē, indecl. plur. n., = Τέμπη, τἁ

I Lit., a charming valley in Thessaly , through which ran the river Peneus , between Olympus and Ossa , now valley of Lykostomo or Dereli , Mel. 2, 3, 2; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31; 16, 44, 92, § 244; Liv. 44, 6; 33, 35; Hor. C. 1, 7, 4; 1, 21, 9; 3, 1, 24: Peneia, Verg. G. 4, 317; Ov. M. 7, 222.—

II Transf., of other beautiful valleys: frigida, Verg. G. 2, 469; Ov. F. 4, 477; id. Am. 1, 1, 15: Cycneia, id. M. 7, 371; Stat. Th. 1, 485 (cf. written as Greek: Reatini me ad sua τέμπη duxerunt, Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5).

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