(adjective) : Phrixus (-os, erroneously written Phryxus), i, m., = Φρίξος
* Son of Athamas and Nephele, and brother of Helle, with whom he fled to Colchis on a ram with a golden fleece; he there sacrificed the ram, and hung up its golden fleece in the grove of Ares, whence it was afterwards brought back to Greece by Jason and the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 2; 3; 14; 21; Ov. H. 18, 143; id. A. A. 3, 175: Phrixi litora,i. e. the shores of the Hellespont,Stat. Achill. 1, 28; called also, semita Phrixi,id. ib. 1, 409: portitor Phrixi,i. e. the constellation Aries,Col. 10, 155.—Com.: aliquem facere arietem Phrixi,i. e. to strip of money,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 7. —Hence
* Phrixēus (Phryx-), a, um
* Of or belonging to Phrixus, Phrixean: vellera,the golden fleece,Ov. M. 7, 7; Col. 10, 368: Phrixeae stagna sororis,i. e. the Hellespont,Ov. F. 4, 278; called also, pontus,Luc. 6, 56; and, mare,Sen. Herc. Oet. 776: aequor,Stat. Th. 6, 542: Phrixei Colchi,where Phrixus was hospitably received,Val. Fl. 1, 391: maritus,i. e. a ram,Mart. 14, 211: agnus,the constellation Aries,id. 10, 51, 1.
* Phrixĭānus (Phryx-), a, um, Phrixian, made of superior wool: toga, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 195.—Subst. piur.: Phrixĭā-nae, ārum, f., clothing made of superior wool, Sen. Ben. 1, 3, 7.