Ăteste, is, n., = Ἀτεστέ (Ptol.),
I a town in the country of the Venetians , Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130; 17, 17, 26, § 122; Tac. H. 3, 6; later called Ad Este and Ab Este, whence arose the present name, Este; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 97.
II —Hence, Ătestīnus , a, um, adj., of Ateste , Mart. 10, 93: ATESTINI, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Ateste , Inscr. Orell. 3110.