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Tegean, n. and a.|tɛˈdʒiːən, ˈtɛdʒɪən|
[f. Gr. τεγέα, L. Tegea Tegea.]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Tegea in Arcadia.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Tegea or its inhabitants. Also Tegeate n. and a. [ad. L. Tegeātēs].
1584B. Rich tr. Herodotus' History i. fol. 17 The Lacedæ monians, hauing escaped a scowring, were triumphant conquerous ouer ye Tegeates. 1709I. Littlebury tr. Herodotus' History II. ix. 377 Next to themselves, the Lacedemonians plac'd the Tegeans, consisting of fifteen hundred Men. 1767A. Strahan tr. Virgil's æneid I. v. 137 He from Arcarnania came, This from Arcadia of Tegæan blood. 1808[see Mantinean n. and a.]. 1858G. Rawlinson tr. Herodotus' History I. i. lxvi. 204 These persons..measured the Tegean plain as they executed their labours. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 110/1 At Plataea (479 b.c.) 3000 Tegeans fought the good fight of freedom. 1919E. Pound Quia pauper Amavi 35 Tegean Pan. 1949Oxf. Classical Dict. 881/1 C. 550 b.c. Sparta came to terms with Tegea after a long war; and for two centuries it followed the Spartan lead, though at times unwillingly, for the Tegeans were tough fighters. 1951[see Mantinean n. and a.]. 1952C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil's Aeneid v. 101 After him, side by side, Salius and Patron, the one Acarnanian, the other Arcadian, of a Tegaean family. |