Ăchĕlōŭs, i, m., Ἀχελῶος.
I A celebrated river of Middle Greece , which , rising in Pindus , separates Aetolia from Acarnania , and empties into the Ionian Sea , now the Aspropotamo , Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2, 5 al.—Hence,
II The river-god Achelous , Ov. M. 8, 549 sq.; 10, 8 sq.; Prop. 2, 34, 33 al.