Taenarus
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Taenari Proper-name noun: feminine nominative plural, Proper-name noun: feminine genitive singular, Proper-name noun: masculine vocative plural, Proper-name noun: feminine vocative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine nominative plural, Proper-name noun: masculine genitive singular of Taenarus
Taenari Proper-name adjective: neuter genitive singular, Proper-name adjective: masculine genitive singular of Taenarius
Taenari Proper-name noun: neuter genitive singular of Taenarum
- a promontory and town in Laconia; on the promontory (now Cape Matapan) was a temple of Neptune, and near it a cavern, the fabled entrance to the infernal regions; it was also famous for its black marble, Mel. 2, 3, 8; Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16; Liv. Andron. ap. Fest. p. 181 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 4 Rib.); Sen. Herc. Fur. 662; Luc. 9, 36; Stat. Th. 2, 32 sq.; Tib. 3, 3, 14; Serv. Verg. G. 4, 467.— Poet., for the infernal regions: invisi horrida Taenari Sedes, Hor. C. 1, 34, 10; Sen. Troad. 402.—Hence,
- A Taenărĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Taenarus, Taenarian; poet. also = Laconian, Spartan: litus, Plin. 9, 8, 8, § 28 (Jahn: Taenarum in litus): humus, Ov. H. 15 (16), 274: columnae, of Taenarian marble, Prop. 3 (4), 1, 49; so, lapis, Plin. 36, 18, 29, § 135: deus, i.e. Neptune, Prop. 1, 13, 22: Taenariae fauces, alta ostia Ditis, i.e. the entrance of the infernal regions, Verg. G. 4, 467; so, fauces, Luc. 6, 648: porta, Ov. M. 10, 13; cf. vallis, the infernal regions, id. F. 4, 612: currus, i.e. of Pluto, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2: Eurotas, Laconian, Spartan, Ov. M. 2, 247: marita, i.e. Helen, id. H. 13, 45.—
- B Taenărĭdes, ae, m., the Taenarian; poet. for the Laconian, i.e. Hyacinthus, Ov. M. 10, 183. —
- C Taenăris, ĭdis, adj. f., Taenarian; poet. for Laconian, Spartan: ora, Ov. H. 17, 6: terra, id. ib. 16, 30.
(Ταίναρος), a son of Elatus and Erimede, from whom the promontory and town of Taenarum, in Laconia, were believed to have their name. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. 1.102; comp. Paus. 3.14.2; Steph. Byz. s. c. [L.S]
- tomb of: Paus. 3.14.2