Thera

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

Thēra, ae (Thērē, ēs), f., = Θήρα,

I an island in the Aegean Sea , the chief of the Sporades , now Santorin , Mel. 2, 7, 11; Plin. 2, 87, 89, § 202; 4, 12, 23, § 70; Sen. Q. N. 6, 21, 1.

II —Hence, Thēraeus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Thera : colonus, Tib. 3, 7, 139: cyperos, Plin. 21, 18, 70, § 117.— Plur. subst. : Thēraei , ōn, m., the Theraeans , Sall. J. 19, 3.

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