Tēlĕbŏae

I. a people in Acarnania, noted for robbing travellers, Plaut. Am. prol. 101; 1, 1, 56; 1, 1, 95 al. A colony of them afterwards inhabited the island of Capreae: Teleboūm Capreas regna, Verg. A. 7, 735; Tac. A. 4, 67; Sil. 7, 418.—Hence, Tēlĕbŏis, ĭdis, adj., of Teleboæ, Teleboic.—Plur, as subst.: Tēlĕbŏĭdes, um, f., the name of some small islands between Leucadia and Achaia, Plin. 4, 12, 19, § 53.