Lewis Short
(adjective) : Phĕrae, ārum, f., = Φέραι
* The name of several cities; the most celebrated are
* The capital of Thessalia Pelasgiotis, the residence of Admetus, now Velestino, Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 29; Cic. Div. 1, 25, 53; Liv. 32, 13, 9.—Hence
* Phĕraeus, a, um, , of or belonging to Pheroe, Pheroean; poet., also, Thessalian: Jason,of Pheroe,Cic. N. D. 3, 28, 70; Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 166; Val. Max. 1, 8, 6: vaccae,of Admetus,Ov. H. 5, 151: duces,Thessalian,Stat. Th. 2, 16, 3: campi,Thessalian,Val. Fl. 1, 444.—In plur. absol.: Phĕraei, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Pheroe, Cic. Inv. 2, 49, 144; Liv. 36, 9.
* A city in Messenia, a colony of Sparta, near the mod. Kalamata, Liv. 35, 30, 9; Nep. Con. 1. 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary