Κηφισσός

Kephissos, Cephissus

Translated by David Whitehead25 Sep 2003Vetting: high4 revisions

6 words

A river [sc. of that name].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κηφισσός· ποταμός.

Betacode

*khfisso/s: potamo/s.

Several rivers bear this name, the two best known being a) the one that flows through Athens and b) the one that rises on Mount Parnassos and flows through the northern plain of Phokis before passing into Boiotia and emptying into the Copais lake (cf. OCD(4) s.v.).
Sometimes spelled -isos/-isus.