Oaxes
Ŏaxes or Ŏaxis, is, m., = Ὄαξις,
- a river in Crete, now Axus: rapidum Cretae veniemus Oaxen, Verg. E. 1, 66.—Hence,
- II Ŏaxis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to the Oaxes; poet. for Cretan: capiens tellurem Oaxida, Varr. Atacin. ap. Serv. Verg. E. 1, 66.
Oaxēs, is, m. (Ὀάξης), ein Fluß auf Kreta, j. Arcadi fiume, Verg. ecl. 1, 65. Vib. Sequ. de flum. p. 15 ed. Oberl. – Dav. Oaxis, idis, Akk. ida, f., oaxisch, poet. = kretisch, tellus O., Kreta, Varro Atacin. b. Serv. Verg. ecl. 1, 65.
Ŏaxēs (16) (-xis), is, m. (Ὀάξης), rivière de Crète [près de la ville Oaxus, Oaxys ou Oaxia] : Virg. B. 1, 65 || -xis, ĭdis, adj. f. , de lʼOaxès, de la Crète : Varro Atac. d. Serv. B. 1, 66.
Oaxes
(Ὄαξος), or Oaxus, the mythical founder of the town of Oaxus in Crete, is said by some to have been a son of Acacallis, the daughter of Minos (Steph. Byz. s. v. Ὄαξος), and by others a son of Apollo by Anchiale. (Serv. ad Virg. Ecl. 1.66.) [L.S]
OAXES
OAXES, OAXUS. [AXUS]
Oaxes
See Oaxus.