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Larissa

Larissa · f

the name of several cities

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Where it lives

Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k
Thebais 2 · 0.32/10k

What it meant

Lārissa — Lewis & Short

Lārissa, ae, f., = *la/rissa,

I the name of several cities.

I In Thessaly, on the Peneus, now Yeni-shehr or Larissa, Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 80; Hor. C. 1, 7, 11; Luc. 6, 355.—

B Hence,

1 Lāris-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the town of Larissa, Larissean: Achilles, i. e. Thessalian, Verg. A. 2, 197; hence also, hasta, i. e. of Achilles, Ser. Samm. 46, 836: Coronis, Ov. M. 2, 542.—In plur. subst.: Lārissaei, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Larissa, Larisseans, Caes. B. C. 3, 81.—

2 Lāris-senses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Larissa, Larisseans, Liv. 31, 31.—

II A city in Phthiotis, also called Larissa Cremaste, near the modern Gardhiki, Liv. 31, 46; 42, 56.—

III A fortress of Argos, Liv. 32, 25, 5.

In the wild

Larissam Apuleius, Metamorphoses 2.21.p2
Larissam Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.7.p2
Larissa Statius, Thebais 2.253
Larissa Lucan, Pharsalia 7.712
Larissa Statius, Thebais 4.44
Larissa Lucan, Pharsalia 6.355

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