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                    "description": "(adj.adj.adj.adj.) : Phryges, um, m., = Φρύγες\n* The Phrygians, a people of Asia Minor, noted among the ancients for their indolence and stupidity, and also for their skill in embroidering in gold, Mel. 1, 2, 5; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196; Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; id. Leg. 2, 13, 33.—In sing.: Phryx Aesopus,the Phrygian,Phaedr. 3 prooem. 52.—In partic., of Aeneas, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 2; Ov. F. 4, 274; of Marsyas, Stat. Th. 1, 709; of a priest of Cybele (v. Gallus), Prop. 2, 22 (3, 15), 16; and with a contemptuous allusion, semivir Phryx,Verg. A. 12, 99.—Prov.: sero sapiunt Phryges (alluding to the obstinate refusal of the Trojans to deliver up Helen), Liv. Andron. or Naev. ap. Fest. p. 342 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 199 Rib.); cf. Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 1: utrum igitur nostrum est an vestrum hoc proverbium, Phrygem plagis fieri solere meliorem?Cic. Fl. 27, 65.\n* Poet., Romans (as descendants from Aeneas), Sil. 1, 106.—Hence\n* Phrygĭus, a, um, adj., = Φρύγιος.\n* Transf., poet., Troy: Phrygiae fatum componere,Prop. 4, 12, 63.\n* Phryx, ygis, adj., Phrygian: ager,Claud. in Eutr. 2, 154: luci,Stat. Achill. 2, 345: augur,Juv. 6, 585.\n* (Phrygĭcus, a false read. for Phrygius, Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; v. F. 2. fin. supra).\n* Phrygĭōnĭus, a, um, adj., embroidered: vestes,Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196.\n* Phrygiscus, a, um, adj., Phrygian: equi,Veg. Vet. 4, 6.\n* Lit., Phrygian: vulneratus ferro Phrygio,of Sylla's Phrygian slaves,Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 90: maritus,i. e. Pelops, the son of Tantalus, king of Phrygia,Prop. 1, 2, 19: columnae,of Phrygian marble,Tib. 3, 3, 13: lapis,Hor. C. 3, 1, 41; also, for yellow ochre, Plin. 36, 19, 36, § 143: vestes,embroidered garments,Verg. A. 3, 483: mater,Cybele,id. ib. 7, 139; Ov. F. 2, 55: leones,who draw her chariot,Verg. A. 10, 157: buxum,the Phrygian flute,Ov. P. 1, 1, 45; so, lotos,Col. 10, 258: aes,cymbals,Luc. 9, 288: modi,a vehement, stirring, passionate kind of music, which was used at the festivals of Cybele,Ov. Ib. 456; cf. Tib. 1, 4, 64 (70); Prop. 2, 18 (3, 15), 15: mos,Juv. 2, 115; Mart. 11, 84, 4.\n* Transf., poet., because Troy belonged to Phrygia, Trojan, of or belonging to Troy: inuri,Ov. M. 12, 148: hymenaei,between Aeneas and Lavinia,Verg. A. 7, 358; also, for Aeneas: maritus,Ov. M. 14, 79: Minerva,the statue of Pallas in Troy,Ov. M. 13, 337: senex,i. e. Antenor,id. P. 4, 16, 18: vates,i. e. Helenus,id. M. 13, 721: pastor,i. e. Paris,Verg. A. 7, 363: tyrannus,i. e. Aeneas,id. ib. 12, 75; also, for Laomedon, Ov. M. 11, 203: minister,i. e. Ganymede,Val. Fl. 2, 417; called, also, venator,Stat. Th. 3, 1, 548: monstra,the seamonster sent by Neptune against Hesione,Val. Fl. 3, 512: magister,Palinurus, Aeneas's pilot,Luc. 9. 44: matrem Idaeam e Phrygiis sedibus excipere,Val. Max. 7, 5, 2. —Subst.: Phrygĭae, ārum, f., Phrygian women: o verae Phrygiae neque enim Phryges,Verg. A. 9, 617; 6, 518.\n* Phrygius amnis, v. 1. Phryx."
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