Thapsus

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

Thapsus or -os, i, f., = Θάψος.

I A peninsula and city in Sicily , now Magnisi , Ov. F. 4, 477; Verg. A. 3, 689; Sil. 14, 206.—

II A city in Africa Propria , famed for Caesar’s victory over the partisans of Pompey , now Baltah , Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 25; Liv. 33, 48; Auct. B. Afr. 28, 1; 44, 1; 46, 4; 79, 3; 80, 2.

III —Hence, Thapsĭtāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Thapsus , Auct. B. Afr. 97, 2.

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