Amathusiacus

Amathusiacus
Ămăthūs, untis, f., = Amathous (acc. Gr. Amathunta, Ov. M. 10, 220), a town in the southern part of Cyprus, consisting of two ports, one on the coast, now Old Limasol, and the other on a hill inland, now Agios Tychanos, Verg. A. 10, 51; Ov. M. 10, 220; sacred to Venus, who is hence called Ămăthūsĭa, Ov. Am. 3, 15, 15; Cat. 68, 51; Tac. A. 3, 62.—Hence, Ămăthūsĭă-cus, a, um, of Amathus:

bidentes,

Ov. M. 10, 227 Merk. (Heins. reads Amathusiadas, from Amathusias, ădis.)

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

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