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... Scythicis Hypanis de montibus ortus, qui fuerat dulcis, salibus...

'ortu's, -us' : I take it, that 'the source of the river' is meant by 'ortus', like: os, ris; fons, -ntis, caput, -itis (?) (i'm not completely sure about 'caput')