Oxos or -us, i, m., = Ὦξος,
the Oxus , a river in Asia , which rises on the borders of Hyrcania and Sogdiana , and flows into the Caspian Sea , now the Amu or Jihon , Mel. 3, 5, 6; Plin. 6, 16, 18, § 48; Curt. 7, 4, 5.