Hermus, A riuer, whiche in the middest parteth the fieldes of Smirne, and falleth from the hill Dorylao, and deuydeth Phrygia from Caria, Wherin Virgile supposed to be golden sande.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Hermus, i, m., = *(/ermos, an auriferous river in Æolis, now Sarabat, Mel. 1, 17, 3; Plin. 5, 29, 31, 119; Verg. G. 2, 137; id. A. 7, 721.