Amastris

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ămastris, is, f., = Ἄμαστρις,

I a town in Paphlagonia , on the shore of the Pontus Euxinus , orig. called Sesamum, now Amasserah , Cat. 4, 13; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5; cf. Mann. Asia Minor, 3, 25 sq.

II —Hence, Ămastrĭă-cus , a, um, adj., of Amastris , Ov. Ib. 331.— Ămastrĭāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Amastris , Plin. Ep. 10, 99.

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