Tagaste

Tagastē, ēs, f.,

• a city in Numidia, south-east of Hippo Regius, the birthplace of St. Augustine, now the ruins of Tagilt, Itin. Anton. p. 44, 6.
• —Hence, Tagasten-sis, e, adj., of Tagaste: oppidum, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 30: municeps, Aug. Conf. 2, 3.

Tagaste, Stadt in Numidien, südöstl. von Hippo regius u. südwestl. von Vacca (j. Ruinen von Tagilt am Sugerast), Geburtsort des h. Augustinus, Itin. Anton. 44, 6. – Dav. Tagastēnsis, e, tagastensisch, oppidum, Plin. 5, 30 (Jan u. Detl. Tagesense): municeps Thagastensis, Augustin. conf. 2, 3, 5.

Tagastē, ēs, f. , ville de Numidie [ville natale de saint Augustin, auj. Souk-Ahras au nord des mines de fer de lʼOuenza] : Anton. 44, 6 || -ēnsis, e, de Tagaste : Plin. 5, 30 ; Aug. Conf. 2, 3.

TAGASTE

TAGASTE or TAGESTENSE OPP. (Plin. Nat. 5.4. s. 4), a town of Numidia, whose spot is now marked by the ruins at Tajilt on the Oued Hamise or Sugerast, a tributary of the river Mejerda. (Itin. Ant. p. 44.) Tagaste is particularly distinguished by having been the birthplace of St. Augustine. (Aug. Conf. 2.3.)

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Tagasté

Now Tagilt; a city of Numidia, the birthplace of St. Augustine.