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Tentўra

Tentўra · n

a city in Upper Egypt

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What it meant

Tentўra — Lewis & Short

Tentўra, ōrum, n., = *te/ntura, ta/,

I a city in Upper Egypt, the modern village of Denderah, Juv. 15, 35 and 76.—Called also Tentўris, Plin. 5, 9, 11, § 60.— Hence,
A Tentўrītes, ae, adj., of or belonging to Tentyra, Tentyrite: nomos, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49.—Plur. subst.: Tentўrītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Tentyra, Tentyrites, Plin. 8, 25, 38, § 92 (better, Tentyri insula); Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 15.—
B Tentўrītĭcus, a, um, adj., of Tentyra, Tentyric: linum, Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14.

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