Bactrus
Bactrus (-ŏs), i, m., = Βάκτρος,
- a river near Bactra, now Dehas, Curt. 7, 4, 31; Luc. 3, 267; cf. Isid. Orig. 13, 21, 14; 14, 3, 30; 15, 1, 11; 9, 2, 43.
Bactrus (-os), ī, m. (Βάκτρος), Fluß bei Baktra, j. Balk, Curt. 7, 4 (18), 31. Lucan. 3, 267.
BACTRUS
BACTRUS (Βάκτρος, Strab. 11. p. 516; Curt. 7.4.31; Polyaen. 7.7; Lucan (Luc. 3.267; Plin. Nat. 6.16), the river on which Bactra, the capital town of Bactriana, was situated. It is supposed to be represented by the present Dakash. Harduin, in commenting on the words of Pliny (Plin. Nat. 6.16), Bactri, quorum oppidum Zariaspe, quod posted Bactrum a flumine appellatum est,i ncloses within a parenthesis the words quod postea Bactrum,l eaving the inference that the river was called Zariaspe. Ptolemy does not mention the river at all. [BACTRA; BACTRIANA.]
[V]Bactrus
(Βάκτρος). Now the Anderab; a river of Bactria emptying into the Oxus.