Atramitae

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

Ā̆tramītae, ārum, m., = Ἀδραμῖται,

a people in the eastern part of Arabia Felix , now Hadramaut , Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 154; 12, 14, 30, § 52; cf. Mann. Arab. 79.— Hence, Ā̆tramītĭcus , a, um, adj., of or from the country of the Atramitae , Atramitic : myrrha, Plin. 12, 16, 35, § 69.

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