Pădus Copy link Outline I. the Po, the principal river of Italy ...A. Pădānĕus, a, um, adj., of or on the Po ...B. Pădā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Po ... • Pădus, i, m., I. the Po, the principal river of Italy, Liv. 5, 33, 10; Mel. 2, 4, 4 sq.; Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117: sive Padi ripis, Verg. A. 9, 680: populiferque Padus, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 32. —Hence, A. Pădānĕus, a, um, adj., of or on the Po: silvae, Sol. 33.— B. Pădā-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Po: silvae, Sol. 20: culices, Sid. Ep. 1, 8.