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Teleboae

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

Tēleboae, ārum (um), m.: a people of Acarnania, a part of whom migrated to the island of Capreae in the Bay of Naples, 7.735.
Tēlĕbŏae, ārum, m., = Τηλεβόαι,
  • a people in Acarnania, noted for robbing travellers, Plaut. Am. prol. 101; 1, 1, 56 (208); 1, 1, 95 (247) al. A colony of them afterwards inhabited the island of Capreae: Teleboūm Capreas regna, Verg. A. 7, 735; Tac. A. 4, 67; Sil. 7, 418.
  • —Hence, Tēlĕbŏis, ĭdis, adj., of Teleboae, Teleboic.—Plur., as subst.: Tēlĕbŏĭdes, um, f., the name of some small islands between Leucadia and Achaia, Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 53.

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