Histri (less correctly Istri), ōrum, m.,
I the people of Istria , Istrians , a barbarous Illyrian tribe subdued by the Romans B. C. 177: principes Histrorum, Liv. 41, 11; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129: Histrorum gentem originem a Colchis ducere, Just. 32, 3, 13: per Histros Hister emittitur, Mel. 2, 3 fin.
II —Hence, Histria ( Istria ), ae, f., a country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea , extending from Trieste to the Sinus Flanaticus: Histria ut peninsula excurrit, Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 129; Liv. 39, 55.—Derivv.
A Histriāni ( Ist- ), ōrum, m., the people of Istria , Just. 9, 2, 1.—
B Histrĭ-cus ( Ist- ), a, um, adj., Istrian , of Istria : bellum, Liv. 39, 55; 41, 1; 11: ostrea, Plin. 32, 6, 21, § 62.—
C Histrus , a, um, adj., Istrian : testa, Mart. 12, 64, 2.