Nicephorius
Nīcēphŏrĭus, ii, m. (Nīcēphŏrĭon, ōnis, m., Plin. 6, 27, 31, § 129).
- The bringer of victory, a surname of Jupiter, Spart. Hadr. 2, 9.—
- II A river in Armenia, near Tigranocerta, Tac. A. 15, 4.
Nīcēphorius (Nīcēforius), iī, m., I) der Siegverleiher, Beiname Jupiters, Spart. Hadr. 2, 9. – II) ein Fluß in Armenien, der östl. Nebenfluß des Euphrat, j. Khabur, Sered od. Bidlis, Tac. ann. 15, 4.
Nīcēphŏrĭus, (16) ĭī, m. , fleuve dʼArménie : Tac. Ann. 15, 4.
NICEPHORIUS
NICEPHO´RIUS an affluent of the Tigris, which washed the walls of Tigranocerta (Tac. Ann. 15.4), now the Bitlís-chäí, which rises at Bash Khán, on the S. of Jebel Nimrúd, and W. of Lake Ván. (Chesney, Exped. Euphrat. vol. 1. p. 18; Ritter, Erdkunde, vol. 10. p. 88.) Kiepert's map identifies it with the Jezedchane Sú.
[E.B.J]Nicephorius
(Νικηφόριος). A river of Armenia Maior, on which Tigranes built his residence Tigranocerta. It was a tributary of the Upper Tigris, probably identical with the Centrites, or a small tributary of it.