Tergeste, is, n.,
I the northernmost town on the coast of Istria , the mod. Trieste , Mel. 2, 4, 3; Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 127; Vell. 2, 110, 4. —Called also Tergestum , Mel. 2, 3, 13.
II —Hence, Tergestīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tergeste , Tergestine. sinus, the mod. Golfo di Trieste , Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 127.— Plur subst. Tergestīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tergeste , the Terges tines , Hirt B G 8, 24.