Hydaspeus

Hydaspes, is, m., = Hudaspês.

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.