Hydaspes

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

Hydaspes, is, m., = Ὑδάσπης.

I A river of India , a tributary of the Indus , now Jeloum , Mel. 3, 7, 6; Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71; Curt. 4, 5, 3; 8, 12, 8; Verg. G. 4, 211; Hor. C. 1, 22, 8; Luc. 8, 227 al.—To denote the East : repressor Hydaspis, Petr. 123 fin.

B Deriv.: Hydaspēus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hydaspes , Hydaspean; poet. also for Indian : gemmae, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 4: Erythrae, Sid. Carm. 2, 447.—

II A companion of Aeneas , Verg. A. 10, 747.—

III An Indian or Ethiopian slave , Hor. S. 2, 8, 14.

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