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Thapsus

Thapsus · f

A peninsula and city in Sicily

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Where it lives

De Bello Africo 14 · 10.76/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 33-34 - 33 2 · 1.73/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 1 · 0.81/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 2 · 0.76/10k
Punica 4 · 0.52/10k
Fasti 1 · 0.32/10k
Argonautica 1 · 0.27/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k
Ab urbe condita 3 · 0.06/10k

What it meant

Thapsus — Lewis & Short

Thapsus or -os, i, f., = *qa/yos.

I A peninsula and city in Sicily, now Magnisi, Ov. F. 4, 477; Verg. A. 3, 689; Sil. 14, 206.—

II A city in Africa Propria, famed for Cæsar's victory over the partisans of Pompey, now Baltah, Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 25; Liv. 33, 48; Auct. B. Afr. 28, 1; 44, 1; 46, 4; 79, 3; 80, 2.—Hence, Thapsĭtāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Thapsus, Auct. B. Afr. 97, 2.

In the wild

6 of 32 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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