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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.
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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