Lārissa

I. the name of several cities.

I. In Thessaly, on the Peneus, now Yeni-shehr or Larissa, Mel. 2, 3; Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; Caes. B. C. 3, 80; Hor. C. 1, 7, 11; Luc. 6, 355.—

B. Hence,

1. Lāris-saeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the town of Larissa, Larissean: Achilles, Verg. A. 2, 197; hence also, hasta, Ser. Samm. 46, 836: Coronis, Ov. M. 2, 542.—In plur. subst.: Lārissaei, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Larissa, Larisseans, Caes. B. C. 3, 81.—

2. Lāris-senses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Larissa, Larisseans, Liv. 31, 31.—

II. A city in Phthiotis, also called Larissa Cremaste, near the modern Gardhiki, Liv. 31, 46; 42, 56.—

III. A fortress of Argos, Liv. 32, 25, 5.