Tralles

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

Tralles, ĭum, f.,

I a town in Lydia , the modern Aidin Guzel - Hissar , Cic. Fl. 24, 57; 29, 71; id. Agr. 2, 15, 39; id. Att. 5, 14, 1; id. Fam. 3, 5, 1; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 17; Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 5; Liv. 37, 45; Juv. 3, 70.—Called also Trallis , Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 108.

II —Hence, Trallĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tralles , Trallian : quasi vero Trallianus fuerit Demosthenes, i. e. a native of Tralles , Cic. Or. 70, 234; cf. id. Phil. 3, 6, 15.—In plur. subst. : Trallĭāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tralles , the Trallians , Cic. Fl. 22, 52 sq.

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