Padus
Americannoun
noun
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Let our own Padus send his home-born navy to the sea, his river-nurtured firs to battle with the winds of Ocean.
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas
In process of time they were enabled to make settlements in other parts, particularly in Epirus and Illyria: and to occupy some considerable provinces in Italy as high up as the Padus.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob
As then the mouth of the Padus was a vast estuary, so in the Gael. badh, a bay or estuary, I find the explanation of the name.
From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert
The Dravus, Rhodanus, and Padus were crowded with Gothic sails and arms, while towards Sicily, as we have seen, even the most necessary guard-ships were wanting.
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix
Long before its termination Alnus incana, Prunus Padus, and Populus tremula, were no more to be seen.
From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland by Linn?, Carl von
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