Catabathmos

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

Cătăbathmos, i, m., = Καταβαθμός,

a tract of land in Libya , between Egypt and Cyrenaica , now Akabah , with a city of the same name , Sall. J. 17, 5; 19, 3; Mel. 1, 8, 1; 1, 9, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 32.