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Teucer

Teucer · m

Son of Telamon

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Teucer — Lewis & Short

Teucer, cri (m., = *teu=kros.

nom. Teucrus, Verg. A. 3, 108; Lact. 1, 21, 1),
I Son of Telamon, king of Salamis, and brother of Ajax, Hor. C. 1, 7, 21; 1, 7, 27; 1, 15, 24; 4, 9, 17; id. S. 2, 3, 204; Ov. M. 13, 157; 14, 698; Auct. Her. 1, 11, 18.—
II Son of Scamander of Crete, son-in-law of Dardanus, and afterwards king of Troy, Ov. M. 13, 705; Verg. A. 3, 108. — Hence,
1 Teu-crus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Teu cer; poet. transf. for Trojan: carinae, Ov. M. 14, 72: sanguis, Cat. 64, 345.—As subst.: Teucri, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Verg. A. 1, 38; 1, 248; 2, 252; Ov. M. 13, 705; 13, 728 al.; the Romans, Sil. 17, 348. —
2 Teu-crĭus, a, um, adj., Trojan: moenia, of Troy, Sil. 13, 36. — Hence,
b Teucrĭa, ae, f., the Trojan country, Troy, Verg. A. 2, 26.—
3 Teucris, ĭdis, f.
a A Trojan female. captivae, Sabin. 1, 81.—
b A pseudonymic designation of some person: Teucris illa lentum sane negotium, Cic. Att. 1, 12, 1; 1, 13, 6.

In the wild

6 of 189 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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