Hebrus

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

Hĕbrus, i, m., = Ἕβρος.

I The principal river in Thrace , which rises in Mount Haemus , and flows into the Aegean Sea , now the Maritza , Mel. 2, 2, 2; 8; Verg. E. 10, 65; id. G. 4, 463; and esp. ib. v. 523 sqq.; id. A. 1, 317; Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 3; id. C. 3, 25, 10; Ov. F. 3, 737; id. M. 2, 257; 11, 50 et saep.: sacer, on account of the festivals of Bacchus celebrated on its banks, id. H. 2, 114.—

II A Trojan , slain by Mezentius , Verg. A. 10, 696.—

III The name of a beautiful youth , Hor. C. 3, 12, 6.

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