Pactolus

• IPA^(key): /pækˈtəʊləs/
• Hyphenation: Pac‧to‧lus

Pactolus

1. A river, formerly an important feature of ancient Lydia and said to contain gold; now rising and emptying in modern Turkey.

• Pactolian

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πακτωλός (Paktōlós).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pakˈtoː.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pakˈt̪ɔː.lus]

Pactōlus m sg (genitive Pactōlī); second declension

1. Pactolus

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Pactolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Pactolus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly