Histricus

Histri (less correctly Istri ), ōrum, m., 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. —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.