Eurōtas

I. the principal river of Laconia, on the banks of which Sparta stood, now Basilipotamo, Mel. 2, 3, 9; Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16; Cic. Inv. 2, 21, 96; id. Tusc. 5, 34, 98; Ov. M. 2, 247; id. Am. 2, 17, 32 et saep.; nom. Eurōta, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 15 fin.; acc. Eurotan, Ov. M. 10, 169.