Padus

American  

[pey-duhs] / ˈpeɪ dəs /

noun

1. ancient name of Po.

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Padus British  

/ ˈpeɪdəs /

noun

1. the Latin name for the Po 2

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Example Sentences

But it is doubtful whether Latin rights would have been given to the towns between the Padus and the Alps.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Nor they of Phæbus bredd In teares can doo so well, They for their brother shedd, Who into Padus fell, Rash guide of chariot cleare Surueiour of the yeare.

From A Discourse of Life and Death, by Mornay; and Antonius by Garnier by Herbert, Mary Sidney

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

Earl Markja, and old Grippa, whose release Totila had procured by exchanging them for the prisoners taken at the battle of the Padus.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 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