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Chŏaspes (Chŏaspis , Isid. Orig. 13, 21, 15), is, m., = Χοάσπης.
I. A river in Susiana, distinguished for its pure water, from which the Persian kings drank, now Kerrah, Kerkhah, or Kara-su, Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 130; 31, 3, 21, § 35: “regia lympha,” Tib. 4, 1, 140; Curt. 5, 2, 9.—Personified, as a river-god, Val. Fl. 5, 584.—
II. A river in India, now Kabul (acc. to others, the Attok), Curt. 8, 10, 22.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 31.35
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 5.584
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 5.2.9
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 8.10.22
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