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Amăthūs | Amăthūsĭa, a, um | Amăthūsĭă-cus (noun F) : Ἀμαθοῦς (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 , Ov. Am. 3, 15, 15; Cat. 68, 51; Tac. A. 3, 62.—Hence, , , of Amathus: bidentes,Ov. M. 10, 227 Merk. (Heins. reads Amathusiadas, from Amathusias, ădis.)
* 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 , Ov. Am. 3, 15, 15; Cat. 68, 51; Tac. A. 3, 62.—Hence, , , of Amathus: bidentes,Ov. M. 10, 227 Merk. (Heins. reads Amathusiadas, from Amathusias, ădis.)
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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