Proper name: ABASCANTUS (Ἀβάσκαντος), a physician of Lugdunum (Lyons), who probably lived in the second century after Christ. He is several times mentioned by Galen (De Compos. Medicam. secund. Locos, ix. 4. vol. xiii. p. 278), who has also preserved an antidote invented by him against the bite of serpents. (De Antid. ii. 12. vol. xiv. p. 177.) The name is to be met with in numerous Latin inscriptions in Gruter's collection, five of which refer to a freedman of Augustus, who is supposed by Kühn (Additam. ad Elench. Medic. Vet. a J. A. Fabricio in ' Bibl. Gr.' Exhib.) to be the same person that is mentioned by Galen. This however is quite uncertain, as also whether Παρακλήτιος Ἀβάσκανθος in Galen (De Compos. Medicam. secund. Locos. vii. 3. vol. xiii. p. 71) refers to the subject of this article. (Wikisource | public domain)

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Ti. Claudius Abascantus (Masc), ref: PIR C 0767 | PIR ID4146
• A. Egrilius Abascantus (Masc), ref: NSA 1953, 165 n. 23. 24 | PIR ID5537
• T. Flavius Abascantus (Masc), ref: PIR F 0194 | PIR ID5969
• T. Flavius Abascantus (Masc), ref: PIR F 0195 | PIR ID5970
• L. Satrius Abascantus (Masc), ref: PIR S 0194 | PIR ID11869
• M. Ulpius Abascantus (Masc), ref: Klio 80 (1998) 491-503 | PIR ID13458

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