Atestineadj.n.
/əˈtɛstɪn//əˈtɛstʌɪn/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Ateste in north-eastern Italy (now Este); spec. designating the pre-Roman culture of Ateste.
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Latinc1400
Latian1598
sybarite1599
Messapian1608
Faliscan1686
Peucetiana1734
sybaritic1786
Iapygian1864
Venetian1866
Atestine1931
1931 Antiquity 5 386 In the later tombs we have figured bronzes of Atestine style admittedly of early 5th century age.
1957 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 734/1 The third period, especially the first half of the 5th century b.c., marks the zenith of Atestine art.
B. n.
An inhabitant of Ateste.
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Albana1387
Latina1398
Venetian1432
Picentine1598
sybarite1598
Faliscan1600
Picene1601
sybaritan1608
Picenian1610
Peucetian1615
Pompeian1654
Praenestine1683
Iapygian1773
Messapian1773
Atestine1924
Cumaean1931
1924 D. Randall-MacIver Villanovans & Early Etruscans ii. 4 Immediately north of the Po were the Atestines... To avoid race-names we have chosen this word in preference to ‘Euganean’.
1957 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 733/2 The close cousinship of the Bolognese Villanovans and the Atestines is proved by the complete identity not only of the burial rite, cremation, but of the forms and details of their graves.
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