Astabores

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

Astăbŏres or -as, ae, m., = Ἀσταβόρας,

a branch of the Nile in Ethiopia , now Tacazze or Atbara , Mel. 1, 9, 2; Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53 (Jan, Astobores ).—In Vitr. 8, 2, Astăbŏras ; cf. Mann. Afr. I. pp. 170 and 177.