Tyrrhenicus

Tyrrhēni, ōrum, m., = Turrênoi, 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.

Tyr-rhēnĭa, 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.