(adjective) : Carpăthus (-ŏs, Mel. 2, 7, 13), i, f., = Κάρπαθος
* An island in the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Rhodes, now Scarpanto, Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71; 5, 31, 36, § 133.
* Deriv.: Carpăthĭus, a, um, , = Καρπάθιος, Carpathian: mare,the sea named from Carpathus,Mel. 2, 7, 13; Plin. 4, 12, 23, § 71; Prop. 3 (4), 7, 12; Verg. A. 5, 595; Hor. C. 4, 5, 10: gurges,Verg. G. 4, 387; and pelagus,Hor. C. 1, 35, 8; Col. 8, 16, 10: undae,Prop. 2, 5, 11: vates,i. e. Proteus, who had his abode there,Ov. M. 11, 249; cf. Verg. l. l. and Serv.; so also senex,Ov. Am. 2, 15, 10.

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