Tigris, now Basilensa, a river of Asia, rising on mount Niphates in Armenia, and falling into the Persian gulf. It is the eastern boundary of Mesopotamia. The Tigris now falls into the Euphrates, though in the age of Pliny the two separate channels of these rivers could be easily traced. Pliny, bk. 6, ch. 27.—Justin, bk. 42, ch. 3.—Lucan, bk. 3, li. 256.
Tigurīni, a warlike people among the Helvetii, now forming the modern cantons of Switz, Zurich, Schaffhausen, and St. Gall. Their capital was Tigurnum. Cæsar, Gallic War.
Tilatæi, a people of Thrace. Thucydides, bk. 2.
Tilavemptus, a river of Italy falling into the Adriatic at the west of Aquileia.
Tilfossius, a mountain of Bœotia.——Also a fountain at the tomb of Tiresias. Pausanias, Bœotia, ch. 33.
Tilium, a town of Sardinia, now Argentera.
Tillius Cimber. See: [Tullius].
Tilox, a north-west cape of Corsica.
Tilphussus, a mountain of Bœotia.
Timachus, a river of Mœsia falling into the Danube. The neighbouring people were called Timachi. Pliny, bk. 3, ch. 26.