ABSORUS, ABSORUS, ABSYRTIS, ABSYRTIDES, APYRTIDES
* See Gly-
cius.
* See Law,
Part III.
No clxxxv.
2, 4.
Abstemious ABSTEMIOUS, ABSTEMIS, and ABSTEMIUM, (Strabo, Mela, Ptolemy;) islands in the Adriatic, in the gulf of Carnero; so called from Abystus, Medea's brother, there slain. They are either one island, or two, separated by a narrow channel, and joined by a bridge; and are now called Cherso and Osoro.