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Parrhasia
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Lewis Short
(adj.adj.) : Parrhăsĭa (Parră-), ae, f., = Παρρασία
* A town of Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Hence
* Parrhăsis, ĭdis, f.adj., Parrhasian;poet. for Arcadian: Parrhasis ursa,the Great Bear,Ov. H. 18, 152: Arctos,id. Tr. 1, 3, 48: Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones,id. F. 4, 577.—Subst.: Parrhasis erubuit,i. e. Callisto,Ov. M. 2, 460.
* Parrhăsĭus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: Parrhasius Evander,Verg. A. 11, 31: dea,i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander,Ov. F. 1, 618: nives,id. ib. 2, 276: virgo,i. e. Callisto,id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury, who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660: triones,Charles's Wain,Mart. 6, 58, 1; called also Parrhasium jugum,id. 6, 25, 2: ursa,the Great Bear,id. 4, 11, 3: axis,the north pole,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1281.
* Transf., Palatine, imperial (because Evander the Arcadian settled on the Palatine Hill): Parrhasia domus,Mart. 7, 56, 2: aula,id. 7, 99, 3; 8, 36, 3; 12, 15, 1.
* A town of Arcadia, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20.—Hence
* Parrhăsis, ĭdis, f.adj., Parrhasian;poet. for Arcadian: Parrhasis ursa,the Great Bear,Ov. H. 18, 152: Arctos,id. Tr. 1, 3, 48: Parrhasides stellae, i. e. septemtriones,id. F. 4, 577.—Subst.: Parrhasis erubuit,i. e. Callisto,Ov. M. 2, 460.
* Parrhăsĭus, a, um, adj., Arcadian: Parrhasius Evander,Verg. A. 11, 31: dea,i. e. Carmenta, the mother of Evander,Ov. F. 1, 618: nives,id. ib. 2, 276: virgo,i. e. Callisto,id. Tr. 2, 190: pennae, i. e. given by Mercury, who was an Arcadian, Luc. 9, 660: triones,Charles's Wain,Mart. 6, 58, 1; called also Parrhasium jugum,id. 6, 25, 2: ursa,the Great Bear,id. 4, 11, 3: axis,the north pole,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1281.
* Transf., Palatine, imperial (because Evander the Arcadian settled on the Palatine Hill): Parrhasia domus,Mart. 7, 56, 2: aula,id. 7, 99, 3; 8, 36, 3; 12, 15, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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