Pactolus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Alan M. Harter, managing director of Pactolus Private Wealth Management, said his firm was putting together private equity deals in many industries, with one or two families leading each.
From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2012
Not far off was the Pactolus Torrent, which once was noted for its gold-rich sands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bacchus told him to go wash in the source of the river Pactolus and he would lose the fatal gift.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Cyrus turned his steps towards Lydia, and Crœsus collected a new army on the Pactolus of Lydians, Phrygians, Paphlagonians, and Lycaonians, who were joined by the Cilicians and Cappadocians.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Max Duncker
He loathes this gift; and bathing in the river Pactolus, its sands become golden.
From The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
