Turdetani

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

Turdētāni, ōrum, m.,

I a people of Hispania Baetica, near the mod. Seville , Liv. 21, 6, 1; 34, 17, 2.—In a comic lusus verbb. with turdus (a thrush), Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 60.

II —Hence, Turdētānia , ae, f., the country of the Turdetani , Turdetania : in Turdetaniam proficiscitur, Liv. 34, 17, 1; 28, 39, 11.

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