Tyrrheni

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

Tyrrhēni, ōrum, m., = Τυρρηνοί,

I the Tyrrhenians , a Pelasgian people who migrated to Italy and formed the parent stock of the Etrurians , Verg. A. 11, 171; 11, 733; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50.—Hence,

A Tyrrhē-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tyrrhenians or Etrurians , Tyrrhenian , Etrurian , Tuscan : mare, Mel. 1, 3, 3; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Hor. C. 1, 11, 6; 3, 24, 4: aequor, id. ib. 4, 15, 3; Verg. A. 1, 67.—Also personified: Tyrrhēnus , i, m., the Tuscan Sea , Val. Fl. 4, 715: flumen, i. e. the Tiber , Verg. A. 7, 663: orae, id. ib. 7, 647: gens, Ov. M. 3, 576: rex, Verg. A. 8, 555: regum progenies, Hor. C. 3, 29, 1: parens, id. ib. 3, 10, 12: corpora, i. e. of Tyrrhenians , Ov. M. 4, 23: sigilla, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180.—Poet., for Italian : pubes, Sil. 1, 111.—

B Tyrrhēnĭa , ae, f., the country of the Tyrrhenians , Tyrrhenia , Etruria , Ov. M. 14, 452.—

C Tyrrhēnĭcus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tyrrhenians or Etruscans , Tyrrhenian , Etrurian : Tarraco, situated on the Tuscan Sea , Aus. Ep. 24, 88; Suet. Claud. 42.