Pactolus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

(River) Πακτωλός, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.