Abastor

Translingual

Etymology

From ἄβαστον (ábaston), ἄβατος (ábatos, “untrodden”)

Proper noun

Abastor m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae – synonym of Farancia, referring to the rainbow snake, and conflated with the mythical hoop snake. [from 1849]

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Abastor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.