Pactolus

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

Pactōlus, i, m., = Πακτωλός,

I a river in Lydia which was said to bring down golden sands , the mod. Sarabat , Verg. A. 10, 142; Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 110; Hyg. Fab. 191; Ov. M. 11, 142: Pactolus aureas undas agens, Varr. ap. Non. 243, 20.—Prov., of wealth: tibique Pactolus fluat, Hor. Epod. 15, 20; cf. Prop. 1, 14, 11; Juv. 14, 299.— Hence,

II Pactōlis , ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Pactolus : nymphae Pactolides, Ov. M. 6, 16.

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