Ămăthūs, untis, f., = Ἀμαθοῦς (acc. Gr. Amathunta, Ov. M. 10, 220),
I a town in the southern part of Cyprus , consisting of two ports, one on the coast, now Old Limasol , and the other on a hill inland, now Agios Tychanos , Verg. A. 10, 51; Ov. M. 10, 220; sacred to Venus , who is hence called Ămăthūsĭa , Ov. Am. 3, 15, 15; Cat. 68, 51; Tac. A. 3, 62.
II —Hence, Ămăthūsĭă-cus , a, um, of Amathus : bidentes, Ov. M. 10, 227 Merk. (Heins. reads Amathusiadas , from Amathusias, ădis.)