COSTOBO´CI
Eth.
COSTOBO´CI (Eth.
Κοιστοβῶκοι,
Ptol. 3.5.21;
Κοστουβῶκοι,
D. C. 71.12; Costobocci,
Plin. Nat. 6.7; Costobocae,
Amm. Marc. 22.8.42; Costoboci, Capitolin. M. Antonin. 100.22), a people of Dacia, probably belonging to the Wendish stock (Schafarik,
Slavische Alterthum, vol. i. p. 122). Their position has been sought in the district of
Tschernigow. [
E.B.J]