Tentyra

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

Tentyra, ōrum, n., = Τέντυρα, τά,

I a city in Upper Egypt , the modern village of Denderah , Juv. 15, 35 and 76.—Called also Tentyris , Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60.— Hence,

A Tentyrītes , ae, adj., of or belonging to Tentyra , Tentyrite : nomos, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49.— Plur. subst. : Tentyrītae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Tentyra , Tentyrites , Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92 (better, Tentyri insula); Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 15.—

B Tentyrītĭcus , a, um, adj., of Tentyra , Tentyric : linum, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.

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