Astura

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

Astŭra, ae, m., = Ἄστυρα.

I A river in Asturia , now Esla , Flor. 4, 12, 54.—

II A river (and f., an island and town ) in Latium , near which Cicero had a villa , Cic. Att. 12, 40; id. Fam. 6, 19; Liv. 8, 13; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 57; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 620.

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