Hydaspes
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
(River) Ὑδάσπης, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hydaspes: is, m., = Ὑδάσπης.
I A river of India, a tributary of the Indus, now Jeloum, Mel. 3, 7, 6; Plin. 6, 20, 23, § 71; Curt. 4, 5, 3; 8, 12, 8; Verg. G. 4, 211; Hor. C. 1, 22, 8; Luc. 8, 227 al.—To denote the East: repressor Hydaspis, Petr. 123 fin.—
B Deriv.: Hydaspēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Hydaspes, Hydaspean; poet. also for Indian: gemmae, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 4: Erythrae, Sid. Carm. 2, 447.—
II A companion of Æneas, Verg. A. 10, 747.—
III An Indian or Ethiopian slave, Hor. S. 2, 8, 14.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Hўdaspēs, is, m. (Ὑδάσπης),
1 l’Hydaspe [grand fleuve de l’Inde affluent de l’Indus : Mela 3, 69
