καλλίρροος

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English (LSJ)

ον, poet. also καλλίροος [ῐ] (contr. καλλίρους S.Fr.649.39),

   A beautiful-flowing, ὕδωρ, κρουνώ, Il.2.752, 22.147; ποταμοῖο κατὰ στόμα καλλιρόοιο Od.5.441; κρήνην καλλίροον 17.206; πηγή A.Pers.201; Ὠκεανός Orph. Fr.15: metaph., of the voice, καλλιρόοισι πνοαῖς Pi.O.6.83:—fem., Καλλιρόη, one of the Oceanids, h.Cer.419, Hes.Th.288, etc.    II pr. n., Καλλιρρόη, a famous spring at Athens, later Ἐννεάκρουνος, Th. 2.15, Pl.Ax.364a.