Amastriacus

Amastriacus
Ămastris, is, f., = Amastris, a town in Paphlagonia, on the shore of the Pontus Euxinus, orig. called Sesamum, now Amasserah, Cat. 4, 13; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 5; cf. Mann. Asia Minor, 3, 25 sq.—Hence, Ămastrĭă-cus, a, um, adj., of Amastris, Ov. Ib. 331.— Ămastrĭāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Amastris, Plin. Ep. 10, 99.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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