Tarsus

I. the capital of Cilicia, now Tersoos, Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 1; id. Att. 5, 20, 3; Luc. 3, 225; Auct. B. Alex. 66. — Hence, Tarsensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Tarsus: pelagus, Col. 8, 16 fin.— Subst.: Tarsenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Tarsus, Cic. Fam. 12, 13, 4; id. Att. 5, 21, 7.