Choaspis

Choaspis
Chŏaspes ( Chŏaspis, Isid. Orig. 13, 21, 15), is, m., = Choaspês.
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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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  • CHOASPES vel CHOASPIS — Medorum fluv. ad fines Persidis in Tigrim defluens: cuius aquae tam sunt suaves, ut finitimi Reges non aliâ aquâ ad potum utantur. Tibul. l. 4. El. 1. v. 141. Nec quâ vel Nilus, vel regia lympha Choaspis Profivit. Item Ausonius, in claris urbibus …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • COLOR — primo unus in Pictura. Plin. l. 35. c. 8. Apparet multo vetustiora (Artis huius) principin esse, eosque qui monochromata pinxerint, (quorum aetas non traditur) aliquando ante fuisse, Hygiaenontem, Diniam, Charmam, et qui primus in pictura marem… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

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