Ŏaxes or Ŏaxis, is, m., = Ὄαξις,
I a river in Crete , now Axus : rapidum Cretae veniemus Oaxen, Verg. E. 1, 66.—Hence,
II Ŏaxis , ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Oaxes; poet. for Cretan : capiens tellurem Oaxida, Varr. Atacin. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 1, 66.