Amestratus

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

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.

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