Scamander

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

Scămander, dri, m., = Σκάμανδρος.

I A river in Troas , the Scamander , now the Bunar-bashi Tchai , Mel. 1, 18, 3; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124; Enn. ap. Non. 467, 31 (Trag. v. 214 Vahl.); Hor. Epod. 13, 14 al.; Cat. 64, 357.—Called Xanthus , from its red color, Verg. A. 1, 473; Ov. M. 2, 245.—Hence, adj.: Scămandrĭus , a, um, of or belonging to the river Scamander : unda, Att. ap. Non. p. 192, 1 (Trag. Fragm. v. 322 Rib.).—

II A freedman of the Fabricii , Cic. Clu. 16, 47; Quint. 11, 1, 74.

III —Hence, Scămandrĭa , ae, f., a town on the Scamander , Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124.

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