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noun gloss

teba

gen. tebae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
an old Latin term, in Varro's time still used among the Sabines, signifying
a hill •
a hill: lingua prisca et in Graeciā Aeolis Boeotii sine afflatu vocant colles tebas: et in Sabinis, quo e Graeciā venerunt Pelasgi, etiam nunc ita dicunt: cujus vestigium in agro Sabino via Salaria non longe a Reate milliarius clivus appellatur Thebae, Varr. R. R. 3, 1, 6.
Perseus ID: n47608 Key: teba