Carysteus

Cărystŏs and -us, i, f., = karustos.

I.

A very ancient town on the south coast of Eubœa, famous for its marble, now Karysto or Castel Rosso, Mel. 2, 7, 9; Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; Liv. 32, 17; Tib. 3, 3, 14 al. —

B.

Derivv.

1.

Cărystēus, a, um, adj., of Carystos, Carystian:

vada,

Ov. F. 4, 282:

marmor,

Isid. Orig. 6, 11, 2; 16, 5, 15. —

2.

Cărystĭus, a, um, adj., the same:

marmor,

Plin. 4, 12, 21, § 64; 36, 6, 7, § 48:

columellae,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 36:

LAPIDICINAE,

Inscr. Orell. 2964.—In plur. subst.: Căry-stĭi, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Carystos, Liv. 32, 16, 8.—

II.

A town in Liguria, now Carosio, Liv. 42, 7, 3.