Ămestrătus, i, f.,
I a town on the north coast of Sicily , mentioned only by Cic. and Steph. B., now Mistretta , is prob. the same place as the Amastra of Sil. 14, 267; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43, 101; Steph. B. s. v.
II —Hence, Ămestrătīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Amestratus , Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 39, 88.