Tĕnĕdos or -us, i, f., = Τένεδος,
a celebrated island in the Aegean Sea , off the coast of Troas , named after king Tenes or Tennes (Gr. Τέννης), who received divine honors; still called Tenedos , Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 140; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 19, § 49; id. Arch. 9, 21; id. Mur. 15, 33; Verg. A. 2, 21 al.—Also the name of the capital of this island , Ov. M. 12, 109. — Hence, Tĕnĕ-dĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tenedos : Tenediā securi, according to the strict justice of king Tenes , prov., Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2; M. Aurel. ap. Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 1, 9. —In plur.: Tĕnĕdii , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tenedos , Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11, 2; id. N. D. 3, 15, 39.