Abătŏs, i, f., = Ἄβατος (inaccessible),
a rocky island in the Nile , not far from Philae, to which the priests only had access, Luc. 10, 323 (in Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 7, written as Greek, Ἄβατος).
A´BATOS a rocky island in the Nile, near Philae, which the priests alone were permitted to enter. (S...
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