Choaspes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Chŏaspes (Chŏaspis, Isid. Orig. 13, 21, 15), is, m., = Χοάσπης.

I A river in Susiana , distinguished for its pure water , from which the Persian kings drank , now Kerrah , Kerkhah , or Kara-su , Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130; 31, 3, 21, § 35: regia lympha, Tib. 4, 1, 140; Curt. 5, 2, 9.—Personified, as a river-god , Val. Fl. 5, 584.—

II A river in India , now Kabul (acc. to others, the Attok ), Curt. 8, 10, 22.

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