Sperchēos (-ēus) or Sperchīus (-īos, v. Neue, Formenl. 1, 127 sq.), i, m., = Σπερχεῖος,
I a river of Thessaly , rising on Mount Pindus , now the Ellada; form -eos, Verg. G. 2, 487; Rib., Forb. (al. Sperchius); form -eus, Liv. 36, 14, 15 Weissenb.; 37, 4, 10; form -ios, Mel. 2, 3, 6; Plin. 4, 7, 23, § 28 (v. C. infra), Ov. M. 1, 579; form -ius, Stat. Th. 4, 838.—Hence,
A Sperchēïs , ĭdis, adj. f. , of or belonging to the Spercheos : undae, Ov. M. 7, 230: ripae, id. ib. 2, 250.—
B Sperchīŏnĭdes , ae, m., a dweller by the Spercheos , Ov. M. 5, 86. —
C Sperchiae , ārum f. ( Sperchios , Plin. 4, 7, 13, § 28 dub.; Jahn, Sparthos), a town of Thessaly , on the Spercheos , Liv. 32, 13, 10.