Tartessus, A citie in the vttermost part of Spayne, on the Ses side by Gades, now called Cales, where Columella % most eloquent and perfite husbandman was borne: it was called Gadir, and Carteia.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Tartessus (Tartēsus), or -os, i, f., a very ancient maritime town of Spain, now El Rocadillo, near S. Roque, Mel. 2, 6, 9; Plin. 3, 1, 3, 7; Sil. 3, 399; 5, 399.—Hence, A. Tartessĭus (Tartēsĭus), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tartessus, Tartessian: litora, Ov. M. 14, 416: stagna, Sil. 10, 538: muraena, Varr. ap. Gell. 7, 16, 5.— Poet. for Spanish: tellus, Sil. 13, 673; 15, 5. —Subst.: Tartessĭi, ōrum, plur., the inhabitants of Tartessus, Plin. 7, 48, 49, 154.— B. Tartessĭăcus (Tartēsĭăcus), a, um, adj., Tartessian: aequor, Sil. 6, 1: thyrsi, i. e.